title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 834/2014 of 22 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of the common monitoring and evaluation framework of the common agricultural policy

text:
               1.8.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 230/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 834/2014
   of 22 July 2014
   laying down rules for the application of the common monitoring and evaluation framework of the common agricultural policy
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of 17 December 2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (1), and in particular Article 110(2) and (4) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 provides for a common monitoring and evaluation framework for measuring the performance of the common agricultural policy (CAP). For the application of that framework, rules need to be laid down which ensure a comprehensive and regular assessment of the progress, effectiveness and efficiency of the CAP against objectives. In order to allow Member States and the Commission to put in place a consistent monitoring and evaluation framework, a set of common indicators as referred to in Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 should be laid down.

               (2)

               Those indicators should be linked to the structure and objectives of the CAP and be based on measurable elements. Therefore, different types of indicators should be laid down in order to allow for the assessment of the CAP at all levels. Impact indicators should reflect the common main objectives of the CAP as set out in Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. For each of those common main objectives more specific objectives can be identified, for which result indicators need to be laid down. Those specific objectives include farm income and farm income variability, improvement of the competitiveness of the agricultural sector, market stability, consumer expectations, provision of public goods and environmental preservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation and maintenance of a diverse agriculture, as well as the specific objectives defined for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), namely the Union priorities for rural development. In addition, the practical implementation of the CAP instruments should be monitored on the basis of output indicators that are able to reflect this operational level of the CAP.

               (3)

               It is important to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation framework can be used by Member States and the Commission efficiently and at the appropriate time. It should therefore be provided that Member States send the information necessary for the monitoring and evaluation of the CAP within the deadlines set by the relevant Regulations. With a view to avoiding any undue administrative burden, the Commission should, to the extent possible, use information already made available to it,

               (4)

               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Indicators
   The indicators allowing for the assessment of the progress, effectiveness and efficiency of the common agricultural policy (CAP) against its objectives as referred to in Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be measurable. Those indicators shall include:

               (a)

               impact indicators, as specified in Section 1 of the Annex to this Regulation, reflecting the areas where the CAP is expected to have an influence;

               (b)

               result indicators, as specified in Section 2 of the Annex to this Regulation, reflecting the main achievements of:

                           (i)

                           Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2);

                           (ii)

                           Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;

                           (iii)

                           Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3); and

                           (iv)

                           Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4);

               (c)

               output indicators, as specified in Section 3 of the Annex to this Regulation, reflecting the implementation of related CAP instruments;

               (d)

               context indicators, as referred to in Section 4 of the Annex to this Regulation, reflecting relevant aspects of the general contextual trends that are likely to have an influence on the implementation, achievements and performance of the CAP.

         Result indicators, output indicators and context indicators relevant for the monitoring and evaluation of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) shall be as set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014. (5).
   Article 2
   Provision of information
   1.   Member States shall provide the Commission with the information necessary for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the performance of the CAP within the deadlines for reporting and notifications of information relating to the operation of CAP instruments as provided for in Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013. That information shall be accurate and reliable.
   2.   For the purposes of the common monitoring and evaluation framework the Commission shall use, to the extent possible, the following information already made available by Member States via existing tools for information exchange:

               (a)

               information, notifications and reports made available to the Commission in relation to the implementation of the instruments operating within the CAP and to the implementation of relevant Union environmental legislation;

               (b)

               information made available to the Commission for the purposes of the clearance of accounts;

               (c)

               information made available to Eurostat.

         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 July 2014.

            For the Commission

            The President

         José Manuel BARROSO

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549.

      (2)  Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487).

      (3)  Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608).

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

      (5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 227, 31.7.2014, p. 18).

      ANNEX
      Indicators of the common monitoring and evaluation framework of the CAP
      1.   Impact indicators referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 1

                  1.

                  Agricultural entrepreneurial income

                  2.

                  Agricultural factor income

                  3.

                  Total factor productivity in agriculture

                  4.

                  EU commodity price variability

                  5.

                  Consumer price evolution of food products

                  6.

                  Agricultural trade balance

                  7.

                  Emissions from agriculture

                  8.

                  Farmland bird index

                  9.

                  High nature value (HNV) farming

                  10.

                  Water abstraction in agriculture

                  11.

                  Water quality

                  12.

                  Soil organic matter in arable land

                  13.

                  Soil erosion by water

                  14.

                  Rural employment rate

                  15.

                  Degree of rural poverty

                  16.

                  Rural GDP per capita

            2.   Result indicators referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 1

                  1.

                  Share of direct support in agricultural income

                  2.

                  Variability of farm income

                              —

                              by type of farm

                              —

                              by economic size

                  3.

                  Value added for primary producers in the food-chain

                  4.

                  EU agricultural exports

                              —

                              share of EU agricultural exports in world exports

                              —

                              share of final products in EU agricultural exports

                  5.

                  Public intervention: % volume of products bought in intervention storage out of total EU production

                  6.

                  Private storage: % volume of products in private storage out of total EU production

                  7.

                  Export refunds: % volume of products exported with export refunds out of total EU production

                  8.

                  EU commodity prices compared to world prices (broken down by product)

                  9.

                  Value of production under EU quality schemes compared to total value of agricultural and food production

                  10.

                  Importance of organic farming

                              —

                              share of organic area in total utilised agricultural area (UAA)

                              —

                              share of organic livestock in total livestock

                  11.

                  Crop diversity

                              —

                              on farm (number of farms by number of crops and size)

                              —

                              in a region

                  12.

                  Share of grassland in total UAA

                  13.

                  Share of ecological focus area (EFA) in agricultural land

                  14.

                  Share of area under greening practices

                  15.

                  Net greenhouse gas emission from agricultural soils

                  16.

                  Structural diversity

                              —

                              in absolute terms

                              —

                              in relative terms

                  17.

                  Additional result indicators specified in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014.

            3.   Output indicators referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 1

         Direct payments

         Basic payment scheme

                  —

                  Number of farmers

                  —

                  Number of hectares

         Single area payment scheme

                  —

                  Number of farmers

                  —

                  Number of hectares

         Transitional national aid (TNA)

                  —

                  Number of farmers

                  —

                  Number of units for which TNA is granted (hectares/animals/other)

         Redistributive payment

                  —

                  Number of farmers

                  —

                  Number of hectares

         Greening

                  —

                  Total number of farmers who have to apply at least one greening obligation

                  —

                  Total number of hectares declared by those farmers

         Greening exemptions

                  —

                  Number of farmers exempted by: organic farmers/exempted from crop diversification/exempted from EFA obligation

                  —

                  Number of hectares declared by these farmers (organic farmers/exempted from crop diversification/exempted from EFA obligation)

         Crop diversification

                  —

                  Number of farmers subject to crop diversification (with 2 crops; with 3 crops)

                  —

                  Number of hectares of arable land declared by farmers subject to crop diversification (with 2 crops; with 3 crops)

         Permanent grassland

                  —

                  Number of farmers with permanent grassland counting for the ratio

                  —

                  Number of hectares covered by permanent grassland declared by the farmers counting for the ratio

                  —

                  Number of farmers with permanent grassland in designated environmentally sensitive areas

                  —

                  Number of hectares covered by environmentally sensitive permanent grassland declared by these farmers

                  —

                  Number of hectares of designated environmentally sensitive permanent grassland (total)

         EFA

                  —

                  Number of farmers subject to EFA requirements

                  —

                  Number of hectares of arable land declared by farmers subject to EFA

                  —

                  Number of hectares declared by farmers as EFA, broken down by EFA type

         Equivalence

                  —

                  Number of farmers applying equivalent measures (certification schemes or agri-environment-climate measures)

                  —

                  Number of hectares declared by farmers implementing equivalent measures (certification schemes or agri-environment-climate measures)

         Payment for young farmers

                  —

                  Number of farmers

                  —

                  Number of hectares

         Small farmers' scheme

                  —

                  Number of farmers

                  —

                  Number of hectares

         Voluntary coupled support

                  —

                  Number of beneficiaries of voluntary coupled support (broken down by sector)

                  —

                  Quantities eligible (number of hectares/number of animals broken down by sector)

                  —

                  Number of hectares

                  —

                  Number of animals

         Payment for areas with natural constraints

                  —

                  Number of farmers

                  —

                  Number of hectares

         National programmes for the cotton sector

                  —

                  Number of farmers

                  —

                  Number of hectares

         Market measures

         Public intervention

                  —

                  Volume

                  —

                  Duration

         Private storage

                  —

                  Volume

                  —

                  Duration

         Export refunds

                  —

                  Volume of products exported with export refunds

         Exceptional measure

                  —

                  (as appropriate)

         Producer organisations

                  —

                  % of production marketed by producer organisations and associations of producer organisations

         School schemes

                  —

                  Number of final beneficiaries of school milk scheme

                  —

                  Number of final beneficiaries of school fruit scheme

         Wine sector

                  —

                  Number of hectares of new vine plantings

                  —

                  Number of hectares of restructured vineyards

                  —

                  Number of promotion projects in the wine sector

                  —

                  Number of projects of investment and innovation measures

         Horizontal aspects

         Cross compliance

                  —

                  Number of hectares subject to cross-compliance

                  —

                  Share of CAP payments subject to cross-compliance

         Quality policy

                  —

                  Geographical indications in the wine sector

                  —

                  Number of new protected designations of origin, protected geographical indication and traditional speciality guaranteed by sector

         Organic farming

                  —

                  Number of hectares (total and under conversion)

                  —

                  Number of certified registered organic operators

         Promotion policy

                  —

                  Number of programmes (in and outside the EU)

                  —

                  Number of new proposing organisations

         Farm advisory system

                  —

                  Number of farmers advised

         Rural Development

      The output indicators specified in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014.
      4.   Context indicators referred to in point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 1

      The indicators specified in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 250/2011 of 14 March 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               15.3.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 67/22

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 250/2011
   of 14 March 2011
   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 Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
   Whereas:
   Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 XV, Part A thereto,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 2011.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 14 March 2011.

            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 350, 31.12.2007, 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

                  54,4

                  TN

                  97,4

                  TR

                  84,0

                  ZZ

                  78,6

                  0707 00 05

                  JO

                  158,2

                  TR

                  164,7

                  ZZ

                  161,5

                  0709 90 70

                  MA

                  41,1

                  TR

                  137,4

                  ZZ

                  89,3

                  0805 10 20

                  EG

                  54,3

                  IL

                  78,4

                  JM

                  51,6

                  MA

                  47,3

                  TN

                  45,0

                  TR

                  68,6

                  ZZ

                  57,5

                  0805 50 10

                  EG

                  67,3

                  MA

                  42,1

                  TR

                  43,2

                  ZZ

                  50,9

                  0808 10 80

                  AR

                  96,2

                  BR

                  86,9

                  CA

                  91,4

                  CL

                  113,5

                  CN

                  85,5

                  MK

                  50,2

                  US

                  142,8

                  ZA

                  67,5

                  ZZ

                  91,8

                  0808 20 50

                  AR

                  91,6

                  CL

                  79,3

                  CN

                  69,0

                  US

                  79,9

                  ZA

                  93,2

                  ZZ

                  82,6

         (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 584/2013 of 18 June 2013 approving a minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Melton Mowbray Pork Pie (PGI))

text:
               21.6.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 169/39

      COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 584/2013
   of 18 June 2013
   approving a minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Melton Mowbray Pork Pie (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 53(2)(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 entered into force on 3 January 2013. It repealed and replaced 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).

               (2)

               In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined United Kingdom’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Melton Mowbray Pork Pie’ registered in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2009 (3).

               (3)

               The purpose of the application is to amend the specification by clarifying the role of thickening agents and other ingredients used in the manufacture of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies.

               (4)

               The Commission has examined the amendments in question and decided that they are justified. Since this is a minor amendment, the Commission may adopt it without using the procedure set out in Articles 50 to 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Melton Mowbray Pork Pie’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   Annex II to this Regulation contains the Single Document setting out the main points of the specification.
   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, 18 June 2013.

            For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
         Dacian CIOLOȘ

            Member of the Commission

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

      (2)  OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

      (3)  OJ L 168, 30.6.2009, p. 20.

      ANNEX I
      The following amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Melton Mowbray Pork Pie’ are approved:

                  Method of production (Section 4.5 on Specification)

                  Amendment

                  Explanation

                              4.5.

                              Method of production: Ingredients for the manufacture of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies:

                     Mandatory ingredients — the following ingredients must be used:

                  This clarifies all the ingredients that must be used in a Melton Mowbray Pork Pie.

                  Uncured pork

                  Salt

                  Lard and/or shortening

                  Wheat flour

                  Pork gelatine and/or pork bonestock

                  Water

                  Spices

                     Optional ingredients — the following ingredients may be used:

                  These are the optional ingredients that may be used, but no others.

                  Egg and/or milk (for glazing only)

                  Glaze (egg and/or milk) — this enhances the golden brown colour of the baked pastry. Egg and milk are used in baking both domestically and commercially to enhance the baked appearance of pastry and bread products.

                  Breadcrumbs or rusk

                  Breadcrumbs or rusk

                  Starch

                  Starch

                  Where these optional ingredients are used the total amount in the final product will not exceed 8 %. Individually;

                  These ingredients, often used as thickening agents, ensure that the filling is workable (when raw), they act to retain the meat juices when the product is baked and ensure that the meat texture achieved in the baked product is consistent.

                  Glaze < 1 %,

                  Breadcrumbs or Rusk < 2 %

                  Starch < 5 %

                  The maximum amounts of these optional ingredients are also stated.

                  No other ingredients, aside from those listed above and their constituent ingredients, may be used in the manufacture of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies.

                  This is to clarify that only the ingredients above may be used and no others.

                  The pastry ingredients are mixed together and formed into billets and lids prior to pie manufacture.

                  Deletion of the words ‘then rested’ as there is no clear definition of what this means and as this step in the production process is not a factor in distinguishing a Melton Mowbray Pork Pie from other pork pies.

                  The pork meat is diced or minced and mixed with the other filling ingredients to form the pie filling.

                  This clarifies which ingredients goes into the filling

                  The pies are glazed (if required) and then baked to a golden brown pastry colour, allowed to cool and jellied.

                  This clarifies when glazing, which is optional, takes place during the production of the pies.

                  This amendment application is submitted to clarify the role of thickening agents and other ingredients used in the manufacture of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies. Producers have used the ingredients added for many years. The importance of their inclusion in Section 4.5 was overlooked at the time when the word ‘only’ was added in front of the ingredients list when the original application was forwarded to Brussels. It is specifically noted that these additions do not alter the stated minimum meat content (30 % in the final product), and that the words ‘filling ingredients’ in the original method of production refer to the ingredients now listed in the amendment application.

      ANNEX II
      SINGLE DOCUMENT
      Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1)

         ‘MELTON MOWBRAY PORK PIE’

      EC No: UK-PGI-0105-0947-03.02.2012

         PGI ( X ) PDO ( )

      1.   Name

      ‘Melton Mowbray Pork Pie’
      2.   Member State or Third Country

      United Kingdom
      3.   Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

      3.1.   Type of product

                  Class 1.2

                  Meat product (cooked, salted, smoked etc.)

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

      Melton Mowbray Pork Pies have a bow walled pastry case and the pastry is golden brown in colour with a rich texture. The pork filling is uncured and the colour of roast pork. The texture filling is moist and particulate. As per the EU definition of meat, the meat content of the whole product must be at least 30 %. Between the filling and the pastry wall is a layer of jelly.
      In flavour, the pastry has a rich, baked taste while the filling is full of meaty flavour and seasoned in particular with pepper. The pies must be free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives. They are sold in a variety of sizes and weights and through a range of outlets including traditional butchers’ shops, supermarkets, delicatessens and food service outlets.
      3.3.   Raw materials (for processed products only

      The following are mandatory ingredients permitted in the production of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies:

                  pork (not cured pork)

                  Salt

                  Lard and/or shortening

                  Wheat flour

                  Pork gelatine and/or pork bonestock

                  Water

                  Spices

            3.4.   Optional ingredients — the following additional ingredients may be used:

                  Egg or milk (for glazing purposes only)

                  Breadcrumbs or rusk

                  Starch

            Where these optional ingredients are used the total amount in the final product will not exceed 8 %. Individually, Glaze < 1 %, Breadcrumbs or Rusk < 2 % Starch < 5 %.
      No other ingredients may be used in the manufacture of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies. No other ingredients, aside from those listed above and their constituent ingredients, may be used in the manufacture of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies.
      3.5.   Feed (for products of animal origin only)

      N/A
      3.6.   Specific steps in production that must take place in the identified geographical area

      The manufacturing and assembling of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies is carried out in the designated area and includes the following steps of production.

                  —

                  The pastry ingredients are mixed together, formed into billets and lids, prior to pie manufacture.

                  —

                  The pork meat is diced or minced and mixed with the other filling ingredients to form the pie filling.

                  —

                  The pastry billets are either blocked in hoops or raised round a dolly or similar supports.

                  —

                  The pie filling is divided into billets and placed into the pie base and the pre-cut or sheeted pastry lid is placed over the pie and crimped to seal. Some pies are hand raised and some pies are finished off with a decorative hand crimp.

                  —

                  They are then ejected from their hoops and placed on to a baking tray without support. Some pies may be frozen in this state and stored to be baked later, or sold frozen to be baked elsewhere.

                  —

                  The pies are glazed (if required) and then baked to a golden brown pastry colour, allowed to cool and jellied.

                  —

                  The pies are then cooled to below 8 °C.

                  —

                  The pies may then be wrapped and date coded for retail sale, or left unwrapped.

                  —

                  The pies may be placed into a chill cabinet to await purchase. Some pies are sold warm within 4 hours of jellying.

            3.7.   Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc.

      Each member of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association will receive their own Certification number provided by the inspection body to display on packaging and any other point of sale material when selling Melton Mowbray Pork Pies. This unique number will trace each pie sold directly back to the producer. In the case of the small-scale producers, some of the products produced are only sold through their own retail outlets, whilst other larger members sell products through the major retailers.
      Producers are issued a Health Mark from the Food Standards Agency and this combined with the use of a date code provides full traceability of a product from point of sale, to production batch, through to the approved supplier of each of the component ingredients.
      3.8.   Specific rules concerning labelling

      The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association will police the use of its own authentication stamp, granted to each of its members. The stamp may be used on packaging and point of sale material.

      4.   Concise definition of the geographical area

      The town of Melton Mowbray and its surrounding region bounded as follows:

                  —

                  to the North, by the A52 from the M1 and the A1 and including the city of Nottingham,

                  —

                  to the East, by the A1 from the A52 to the A605 and including the towns of Grantham and Stamford,

                  —

                  to the West, by the M1 from the A52 to the A45,

                  —

                  to the South, by the A45 and A605 from the M1 to the A1 and including the town of Northampton.

            5.   Link with the geographical area

      5.1.   Specificity of the geographical area

      Extensive research by a local historian has demonstrated that during the early and middle 19th century when the pies were first being produced on a commercial basis geographical and economic barriers would have limited production of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie to the town of Melton Mowbray and its surrounding district.
      The geographical area described in Section 4 is larger than the original area of production. This takes account of the fact that over time those barriers became less significant and recognises that production of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie in accordance with the method of production described in Section 3.5 has taken place for 100 years in the wider area surrounding Melton Mowbray.
      From the middle of the 18th century seasonal foxhunters began to centre their hunting activities on the town of Melton Mowbray. During the autumn and winter months, pigs were slaughtered, pork pies were made. These pies were carried in the pockets of the hunt servants to be eaten as snacks as they moved the horses around the villages at the convenience of the wealthy foxhunter. These delicious simple peasant pies soon came to the notice of the hard riding fox hunter who then began to carry them in pouches and pockets to eat while involved in the chase.
      These wealthy seasonal hunters took such a liking to the splendid pies that were served on their breakfast table that they expected them to be served at their London clubs. In 1831, Edward Adcock commenced exporting pork pies from Melton Mowbray to London using the daily Leeds to London stagecoach. So the commercialisation and promotion of the Melton Mowbray pork pie began.
      The railway age transformed the industry. Instead of using the daily horse-drawn stagecoaches to transport pies to London and other major cities, special carriages were commissioned on the railway system. Bakehouses were built close to Melton Mowbray station and the pies were transported across the United Kingdom and even to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa within the refrigerated holds of cargo ships returning to those countries. The fame of the pie spread and from the 1870’s until the turn of the century the industry enjoyed a boom. As a result of the growing reputation of the product some of the leading manufacturers made an aborted attempt to protect the name against imitations.
      The First World War killed off the export trade and marked the beginning of the decline of the industry. However, within the last 20 years there has been a revival with the industry again expanding to meet a growing demand for this versatile food stuff. Melton Mowbray pork pies made in the designated area are now on sale in many of the large supermarkets and are also being exported abroad again.
      5.2.   Specificity of the product

      Melton Mowbray Pork Pies have a bow walled pastry case giving them their characteristic bow shape. The pastry is golden brown in colour with a rich texture. The pork used in the filling is uncured and when baked the pork becomes grey in colour — similar to the colour of roast pork. The texture of the filling is moist and particulate. As per the EU definition of meat, the meat content of the whole product must be at least 30 %. Between the filling and the pastry wall is a layer of jelly.
      In flavour, the pastry has a rich, baked taste while the filling is full of meaty flavour and seasoned in particular with pepper. The pies must be free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives.
      Melton Mowbray Pork Pies are clearly distinct from other pork pies in their packaging, design and marketing at point of sale. They carry a price premium compared to other pork pies on the market place of 10-15 % because they have a specific reputation that sets them apart as different and worth paying for. The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association was set up in 1998 to bring together all the producers in the designated area with the aim of ensuring the protection of the authentic Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and of raising awareness about the origin of the product.
      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)

      From the 16th century onwards considerable land enclosure took place around the town of Melton Mowbray. These land clearances removed the open fields from the landscape and the enclosed hedge fields so indicative of East Midland farmland were developed. As a result the principal farming activity changed from raising sheep on the open fields to controlled cattle husbandry. The surplus milk from the cows was converted to cheese particularly Blue Stilton. A by-product of cheese production is whey. Whey when mixed with bran is an excellent pig food. Dairy farmers built pigsties and raised the farm animals to eat the surplus that accrued because of their cheese production activities.
      In more recent times, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies have attracted attention from various areas. The international travel guide book ‘Lonely Planet’ makes reference to the town of Melton Mowbray by describing it as the town ‘which gave the world the best pork pies under the sun’. The product’s renewed popularity was demonstrated in 1996 when the Duke of Gloucester attracted some publicity during a visit to a producers shop and was captured in a newspaper article sampling Melton Mowbray pork pies. The BBC also ran a feature on Melton Mowbray pork pies as part of their popular prime time ‘Food and Drink’ television programme.

         Reference to publication of the specification

      (Article 5(7) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006)
      http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/industry/regional/foodname/products/documents/melton-mowbray-pgi-20120723.pdf

         (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.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 580/2012 of 29 June 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               30.6.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 171/8

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 580/2012
   of 29 June 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, 29 June 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

                  TR

                  52,3

                  ZZ

                  52,3

                  0707 00 05

                  TR

                  103,7

                  ZZ

                  103,7

                  0709 93 10

                  TR

                  99,0

                  ZZ

                  99,0

                  0805 50 10

                  AR

                  72,8

                  UY

                  89,3

                  ZA

                  95,0

                  ZZ

                  85,7

                  0808 10 80

                  AR

                  114,7

                  BR

                  93,7

                  CL

                  107,8

                  NZ

                  136,1

                  US

                  180,9

                  UY

                  57,1

                  ZA

                  107,3

                  ZZ

                  113,9

                  0809 10 00

                  TR

                  193,2

                  ZZ

                  193,2

                  0809 29 00

                  TR

                  421,8

                  ZZ

                  421,8

         (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) 2016/1959 of 7 November 2016 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Anguria Reggiana (PGI))

text:
               9.11.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 301/12

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1959
   of 7 November 2016
   entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Anguria Reggiana (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(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

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

               (2)

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

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The name ‘Anguria Reggiana’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
   The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.6. Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 7 November 2016.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Phil HOGAN

            Member of the Commission

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

      (2)  OJ C 250, 9.7.2016, p. 4.

      (3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1354 of 20 July 2017 specifying how to present the information provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance. )

text:
               21.7.2017

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 190/7

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1354
   of 20 July 2017
   specifying how to present the information provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (1), and in particular Articles 10(10) and 45(2), thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU provides that in cases of restrictions on putting into service or of requirements for authorisation of use, information available on the packaging shall allow the identification of the Member States or the geographical area within a Member State where restrictions on putting into service or requirements for authorisation of use exist and that such information shall be completed in the instructions accompanying the radio equipment.

               (2)

               Pursuant to Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU the Commission may adopt implementing acts specifying how to present the information provided for in Article 10(10).

               (3)

               Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 45(2) of Directive 2014/53/EU.

               (4)

               The measures set out in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Telecommunication Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Committee, established in accordance with Article 45 of Directive 2014/53/EU,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   This Regulation specifies how to present the information provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU and shall apply only to radio equipment which is subject to restrictions on putting into service or to requirements for authorisation of use in at least one Member State.
   Article 2
   1.   If radio equipment is subject to restrictions on putting into service or to requirements for authorisation of use, as provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU, the packaging of the radio equipment shall indicate visibly and legibly:

               (a)

               a pictogram, as set out in Annex I; or

               (b)

               the words ‘Restrictions or Requirements in’, in a language easily understood by end-users as determined by the Member State concerned, followed by the abbreviations of the Member States, as prescribed in Annex II, where such restrictions or requirements exist.

         2.   If radio equipment is subject to restrictions on putting into service or to requirements for authorisation of use, as provided for in Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU, the instructions accompanying the radio equipment shall indicate, in a language easily understood by end-users as determined by the Member State concerned, the list of the Member States and geographical areas within the Member States where such restrictions or requirements exist, as well as the types of restrictions or requirements applicable in each Member State and each geographical area within a Member State.
   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, and it shall apply as of 9 August 2018.
   Radio equipment, which is placed on the market after 8 August 2017 and is in conformity with this Regulation, shall be deemed to be in conformity with Article 10(10) of Directive 2014/53/EU.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 20 July 2017.

            For the Commission

            The President

         Jean-Claude JUNCKER

      (1)  OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62.

      ANNEX I

         Pictogram

                  1.

                  The pictogram shall be in the form of a table.

                  2.

                  The pictogram shall include the following sign:

                  3.

                  The pictogram shall also mention, below or next to the sign indicated in paragraph 2, the abbreviations of the Member States, as prescribed in Annex II, where any restrictions on putting into service or any requirements for authorisation of use exist.

                  4.

                  The pictogram and its contents may take different variations (e.g. colour, solid or hollow, line thickness), provided that they remain visible and legible.

                  5.

                  Examples of pictogram:

                              ES

                              LU

                              RO

                              CZ

                              FR

                              HU

                              SI

                              DK

                              HR

                              BG

                              EE

                              BE

      ANNEX II

         Abbreviations

      The abbreviations for Member States shall be as follows:
      Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Croatia (HR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and United Kingdom (UK).