title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/828 of 28 May 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

text:
               29.5.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 132/3

         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/828
   of 28 May 2015
   implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
   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 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

               (2)

               In view of the gravity of the situation, one person should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

               (3)

               One person should no longer be kept on the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

               (4)

               Following the judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2014 in joined cases T-329/12 and T-74/13, Mazen Al-Tabbaa v Council (2), and the judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2015 in case T-652/11, Bassam Sabbagh v Council (2), Mazen Al-Tabbaa and Bassam Sabbagh are not included on the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

               (5)

               The information relating to certain persons listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated.

               (6)

               Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 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, 28 May 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         E. RINKĒVIČS

      (1)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

      (2)  Not yet published.

      ANNEX

                  I.

                  The following person is added to the list of persons set out in Section A of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:

                              Name

                              Identifying information

                              Reasons

                              Date of listing

                              206.

                           General Muhamad (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad) Mahalla (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Mahla, Mualla, Maalla, Muhalla)

                              Born in Jableh/Lattakia Province.

                              Head of the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI), Branch 293 (Internal Affairs), since April 2015. Responsible for repression and violence against the civilian population in Damascus/ Damascus countryside.
                              Former Deputy Head of Political Security (2012), Officer of the Syrian Republican Guard and Vice-Director of the Political Security Directorate. Head of Military Police, Member of the National Security Bureau.

                              29.5.2015

                  II.

                  The entry concerning the following person is deleted from the list of persons set out in Section A of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:
                  No 11. Rustum () Ghazali ()

                  III.

                  The entries concerning the persons listed below, as set out in Section A of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, are replaced by the following entries:

                              Name

                              Identifying information

                              Reasons

                              Date of listing

                              3.

                           Ali (
                                 ) Mamluk (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Mamlouk)

                              Date of birth: 19 February 1946;
                              Place of birth: Damascus;
                              Diplomatic passport No 983

                              Director of the National Security Bureau. Former Head of Syrian Intelligence Directorate (GID) involved in violence against demonstrators.

                              9.5.2011

                              6.

                           Muhammad (
                                 ) Dib (
                                 ) Zaytun (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Mohammed Dib Zeitoun; a.k.a. Mohamed Dib Zeitun)

                              Date of birth: 20 May 1951;
                              Place of birth: Damascus;
                              Diplomatic passport No D000001300

                              Head of General Security Directorate; involved in violence against demonstrators.

                              9.5.2011

                              16.

                           Faruq (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Farouq, Farouk) Al Shar' (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Al Char', Al Shara', Al Shara)

                              Date of birth: 10 December 1938

                              Former Vice-President of Syria; involved in violence against the civilian population

                              23.5.2011

                              37.

                           Brigadier-General Rafiq (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Rafeeq) Shahadah (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Shahada, Shahade, Shahadeh, Chahada, Chahade, Chahadeh, Chahada)

                              Former Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Internal Affairs) in Damascus. Directly involved in repression and violence against the civilian population in Damascus. Advisor to President Bashar Al-Assad for strategic questions and military intelligence.

                              23.8.2011

                              42.

                           Brigadier-General Nawful (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Nawfal, Nofal, Nawfel) Al-Husayn (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Al-Hussain, Al-Hussein)

                              Idlib Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch Chief. Directly involved in repression and violence against the civilian population in Idlib province.

                              23.8.2011

                              44.

                           Brigadier-General Muhammed (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Muhamad) Zamrini (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Zamreni)

                              Branch Chief for Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) in Homs. Directly involved in repression and violence against the civilian population in Homs.

                              23.8.2011

                              53.

                           Adib (
                                 ) Mayaleh (
                                 ) (a.k.a. André Mayard)

                              Born: 15 May 1955
                              Place of birth: Bassir

                              Adib Mayaleh is responsible for providing economic and financial support to the Syrian regime through his functions as the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.

                              15.5.2012

                              55.

                           Colonel Lu'ai (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Louay, Loai) al-Ali (
                                 )

                              Head of Syrian Military Intelligence, Dara'a Branch. Responsible for the violence against protesters in Dara'a.

                              14.11.2011

                              80.

                           Brigadier Nazih (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Nazeeh) Hassun (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Hassoun)

                              Head of Syrian Military Intelligence, Damascus Countryside/Rif Dimashq Branch, former Syrian Air Force Intelligence. Military official involved in the violence in Homs.

                              1.12.2011

                              137

                           Brigadier General Ibrahim (
                                 ) Ma'ala (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Maala, Maale, Ma'la)

                              Head of branch 285 (Damascus) of the General Intelligence Directorate (replaced Brig. Gen. Hussam Fendi at end 2011). Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.

                              24.7.2012


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1024 of 24 June 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
               25.6.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 168/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1024
   of 24 June 2016
   amending Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (1), and in particular Article 15(5) and 63(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 (2) lays down rules concerning the increased level of official controls to be carried out on imports of feed and food of non-animal origin listed in Annex I thereto (‘the list’), at the points of entry into the territories referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

               (2)

               Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 provides that the list is to be reviewed on a regular basis, and at least quarterly, taking into account at least the sources of information referred to in that Article.

               (3)

               Experience gained over the last 6 years has shown that it is apropriate to provide for a reduction in the default frequency of the reviews of Annex I to a biannual schedule, while keeping the possibility for the Commission to revise the list more often if necessary. This simplification is expected to improve efficiency, while maintaining the main features and objectives of the Regulation. The reduction in the default frequency of Annex I reviews to a biannual schedule should be complemented by a corresponding change in the frequency of Member States reporting to the Commission. The Member States should therefore submit their reports biannually.

               (4)

               The occurrence and relevance of recent food incidents notified through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, the findings of audits to third countries carried out by the Directorate for Health and Food Audits and Analysis of the Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, as well as the quarterly reports on consignments of feed and food of non-animal origin submitted by Member States to the Commission in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 indicate that the list should be amended.

               (5)

               In particular, for consignments of hazelnuts originating from Georgia the relevant sources of information indicate the emergence of new risks requiring the introduction of an increased level of official controls. An entry concerning those consignments should therefore be included in the list.

               (6)

               The list should also be amended by deleting the entries for commodities for which the available information indicates an overall satisfactory degree of compliance with the relevant safety requirements provided for in Union legislation and for which an increased level of official controls is therefore no longer justified. The entries in the list concerning dried grapes from Afghanistan and almonds from Australia should therefore be deleted.

               (7)

               In order to ensure consistency and clarity, it is appropriate to replace Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

               (8)

               Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.

               (9)

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

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 is amended as follows:

               (1)

               In Article 2, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
               ‘The list in Annex I shall be reviewed on a regular basis, and at least biannually.’

               (2)

               In Article 15(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
               ‘They shall submit that report biannually by the end of the month following each semester.’

               (3)

               Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

         Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   It shall apply from 1 July 2016.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 24 June 2016.

            For the Commission

            The President

         Jean-Claude JUNCKER

      (1)  OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

      (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 of 24 July 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin and amending Decision 2006/504/EC (OJ L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 11).

      ANNEX

            ‘ANNEX I

               Feed and food of non-animal origin subject to an increased level of official controls at the designated point of entry

                        Feed and food
                        (intended use)

                        CN code (1)

                        TARIC sub-division

                        Country of origin

                        Hazard

                        Frequency of physical and identity checks (%)

                                    —

                                    Yardlong beans
                                    (Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis)

                                    —

                                    ex 0708 20 00 ;

                           10

                           Cambodia (KH)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (3)

                        50

                        ex 0710 22 00

                           10

                                    —

                                    Aubergines

                                    —

                                    0709 30 00 ;

                        ex 0710 80 95

                           72

                              (Food — fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables)

                        Chinese celery (Apium graveolens)

                              (Food — fresh or chilled herb)

                        ex 0709 40 00

                           20

                           Cambodia (KH)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (4)

                        50

                        Brassica oleracea
                        (other edible Brassica, “Chinese Broccoli”) (5)

                              (Food — fresh or chilled)

                        ex 0704 90 90

                           40

                           China (CN)

                        Pesticide residues (2)

                        50

                        Tea, whether or not flavoured

                              (Food)

                        0902

                           China (CN)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (6)

                        10

                                    —

                                    Yardlong beans
                                    (Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis)

                                    —

                                    ex 0708 20 00 ;

                           10

                           Dominican Republic (DO)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (7)

                        20

                        ex 0710 22 00

                           10

                                    —

                                    Peppers (sweet and other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.)

                                    —

                                    0709 60 10 ;

                        0710 80 51

                              (Food — fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables)

                                    —

                                    ex 0709 60 99 ;

                           20

                        ex 0710 80 59

                           20

                        Strawberries

                              (Food — fresh or chilled)

                        0810 10 00

                           Egypt (EG)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (8)

                        10

                        Peppers (sweet and other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.)

                                    —

                                    0709 60 10 ;

                           Egypt (EG)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (9)

                        10

                        0710 80 51

                              (Food — fresh, chilled or frozen)

                                    —

                                    ex 0709 60 99 ;

                           20

                        ex 0710 80 59

                           20

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell

                                    —

                                 1202 41 00

                           Gambia (GM)

                        Aflatoxins

                        50

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled

                                    —

                                 1202 42 00

                                    —

                                    Peanut butter

                                    —

                                 2008 11 10

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved

                                    —

                                    2008 11 91 ;

                        2008 11 96 ;

                        2008 11 98

                              (Feed and food)

                                    —

                                    Hazelnuts, in shell

                                    —

                                 0802 21 00

                           Georgia (GE)

                        Aflatoxins

                        20

                                    —

                                    Hazelnuts, shelled

                                    —

                                 0802 22 00

                              (Food)

                        Palm oil

                              (Food)

                        1511 10 90 ;

                           Ghana (GH)

                        Sudan dyes (10)

                        50

                        1511 90 11 ;

                        ex 1511 90 19 ;

                           90

                        1511 90 99

                        Sesamum seeds

                              (Food — fresh or chilled)

                        1207 40 90

                           India (IN)

                        Salmonella (11)

                        20

                        Enzymes; prepared enzymes

                              (Feed and food)

                        3507

                           India (IN)

                        Chloramphenicol

                        50

                        Peas with pods (unshelled)

                              (Food — fresh or chilled)

                        ex 0708 10 00

                           40

                           Kenya (KE)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (12)

                        10

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell

                                    —

                                 1202 41 00

                           Madagascar (MG)

                        Aflatoxins

                        50

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled

                                    —

                                 1202 42 00

                                    —

                                    Peanut butter

                                    —

                                 2008 11 10

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved

                                    —

                                    2008 11 91 ;

                        2008 11 96 ;

                        2008 11 98

                              (Feed and food)

                        Raspberries

                              (Food — frozen)

                        0811 20 31 ;

                           Serbia (RS)

                        Norovirus

                        10

                        ex 0811 20 11 ;

                           10

                        ex 0811 20 19

                           10

                        Watermelon (Egusi, Citrullus spp.) seeds and derived products

                        ex 1207 70 00 ;

                           10

                           Sierra Leone (SL)

                        Aflatoxins

                        50

                        ex 1106 30 90 ;

                           30

                        ex 2008 99 99

                           50

                              (Food)

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell

                                    —

                                 1202 41 00

                           Sudan (SD)

                        Aflatoxins

                        50

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled

                                    —

                                 1202 42 00

                                    —

                                    Peanut butter

                                    —

                                 2008 11 10

                                    —

                                    Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved

                                    —

                                    2008 11 91 ;

                        2008 11 96 ;

                        2008 11 98

                              (Feed and food)

                        Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.)

                              (Food — fresh or chilled)

                        ex 0709 60 99

                           20

                           Thailand (TH)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (13)

                        10

                                    —

                                    Yardlong beans
                                    (Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis)

                                    —

                                    ex 0708 20 00 ;

                           10

                           Thailand (TH)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (14)

                        20

                        ex 0710 22 00

                           10

                                    —

                                    Aubergines

                                    —

                                    0709 30 00 ;

                        ex 0710 80 95

                           72

                              (Food — fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables)

                                    —

                                    Dried apricots

                                    —

                                 0813 10 00

                           Turkey (TR)

                        Sulphites (15)

                        10

                                    —

                                    Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved

                                    —

                                 2008 50 61

                              (Food)

                        Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum)

                              (Food — fresh, chilled or dried)

                        0805 50 10

                           Turkey (TR)

                        Pesticide residues (2)

                        10

                        Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum)

                        0709 60 10 ;

                           Turkey (TR)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (16)

                        10

                        0710 80 51

                              (Food — fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables)

                        Vine leaves

                              (Food)

                        ex 2008 99 99

                           11; 19

                           Turkey (TR)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (17)

                        50

                                    —

                                    Pistachios, in shell

                                    —

                                 0802 51 00

                           United States (US)

                        Aflatoxins

                        20

                                    —

                                    Pistachios, shelled

                                    —

                                 0802 52 00

                              (Food)

                                    —

                                    Dried apricots

                                    —

                                 0813 10 00

                           Uzbekistan (UZ)

                        Sulphites (15)

                        50

                                    —

                                    Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved

                                    —

                                 2008 50 61

                              (Food)

                                    —

                                    Coriander leaves

                                    —

                                 ex 0709 99 90

                           72

                           Viet Nam (VN)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (18)

                        50

                                    —

                                    Basil (holy, sweet)

                                    —

                                    ex 1211 90 86 ;

                           20

                        ex 2008 99 99

                           75

                                    —

                                    Mint

                                    —

                                    ex 1211 90 86 ;

                           30

                        ex 2008 99 99

                           70

                                    —

                                    Parsley

                                    —

                                 ex 0709 99 90

                           40

                              (Food — fresh or chilled herbs)

                                    —

                                    Okra

                                    —

                                 ex 0709 99 90

                           20

                           Viet Nam (VN)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (18)

                        50

                                    —

                                    Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.)

                                    —

                                 ex 0709 60 99

                           20

                              (Food — fresh or chilled)

                                    —

                                    Pitahaya (dragon fruit)

                              (Food — fresh or chilled)

                                    —

                                 ex 0810 90 20

                           10

                           Viet Nam (VN)

                        Pesticide residues (2)
                            (18)

                        20

         (1)  Where only certain products under any CN code are required to be examined and no specific subdivision under that code exists, the CN code is marked “ex”.

         (2)  Residues of at least those pesticides listed in the control programme adopted in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1) that can be analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS (pesticides to be monitored in/on products of plant origin only).

         (3)  Residues of chlorbufam.

         (4)  Residues of phenthoate.

         (5)  Species of Brassica oleracea L. convar. Botrytis (L) Alef var.Italica Plenck, cultivar alboglabra. Also known as “Kai Lan”, “Gai Lan”, “Gailan”, “Kailan”, “Chinese kale”, “Jie Lan”.

         (6)  Residues of trifluralin.

         (7)  Residues of acephate, aldicarb (sum of aldicarb, its sulfoxide and its sulfone, expressed as aldicarb), amitraz (amitraz including the metabolites containing the 2,4-dimethylaniline moiety expressed as amitraz), diafenthiuron, dicofol (sum of p, p′ and o, p′ isomers), dithiocarbamates (dithiocarbamates expressed as CS2, including maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, thiram and ziram) and methiocarb (sum of methiocarb and methiocarb sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as methiocarb).

         (8)  Residues of hexaflumuron, methiocarb (sum of methiocarb and methiocarb sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as methiocarb), phenthoate and thiophanate-methyl.

         (9)  Residues of dicofol (sum of p, p′ and o, p′ isomers), dinotefuran, folpet, prochloraz (sum of prochloraz and its metabolites containing the 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol moiety expressed as prochloraz), thiophanate-methyl and triforine.

         (10)  For the purposes of this Annex, “Sudan dyes” refers to the following chemical substances: (i) Sudan I (CAS Number 842-07-9); (ii) Sudan II (CAS Number 3118-97-6); (iii) Sudan III (CAS Number 85-86-9); (iv) Scarlet Red; or Sudan IV (CAS Number 85-83-6).

         (11)  Reference method EN/ISO 6579 or a method validated against it as referred to in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 1).

         (12)  Residues of acephate and diafenthiuron.

         (13)  Residues of formetanate (sum of formetanate and its salts expressed as formetanate (hydrochloride)), prothiofos and triforine.

         (14)  Residues of acephate, dicrotophos, prothiofos, quinalphos and triforine.

         (15)  Reference methods: EN 1988-1:1998, EN 1988-2:1998 or ISO 5522:1981.

         (16)  Residues of diafenthiuron, formetanate (sum of formetanate and its salts expressed as formetanate (hydrochloride)) and thiophanate-methyl.

         (17)  Residues of dithiocarbamates (dithiocarbamates expressed as CS2, including maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, thiram and ziram) and metrafenone.

         (18)  Residues of dithiocarbamates (dithiocarbamates expressed as CS2, including maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, thiram and ziram), phenthoate and quinalphos.’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 218/2012 of 13 March 2012 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Béa du Roussillon (PDO))

text:
               15.3.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 75/3

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 218/2012
   of 13 March 2012
   entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Béa du Roussillon (PDO))
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) and in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, France's application to register the name ‘Béa du Roussillon’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
                   (2).

               (2)

               As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 13 March 2012.

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

            Member of the Commission

      (1)  OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

      (2)  OJ C 193, 2.7.2011, p. 22.

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

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

      FRANCE
      Béa du Roussillon (PDO)


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 342/2013 of 16 April 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs

text:
               17.4.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 107/4

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 342/2013
   of 16 April 2013
   amending Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs
   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 Articles 121(d) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               According to Article 24(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 (2) Member States shall ensure that the eggs are checked at all stages of marketing, which could be read as checking of compliance with each requirement under the Regulation at every stage in the marketing chain.

               (2)

               However, certain requirements under the Regulation apply at a specific stage in the marketing chain and must therefore be checked at that stage. For example some requirements must be checked at the production site or at the packing station, whilst other requirements must be checked at the retailer stage, as appropriate.

               (3)

               In view of the above, it is necessary to ensure a degree of flexibility regarding the checks to be carried out at different stages in the marketing chain.

               (4)

               Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

               (5)

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

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Article 24(2) of Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 is replaced by the following:

      ‘2.   The inspection services referred to in paragraph 1 shall check the products covered by this Regulation at the different stages of marketing, as appropriate. Apart from random sampling, checks shall be carried out on the basis of a risk analysis, taking into account the type and throughput of the establishment concerned, as well as the operator’s past records as regards compliance with the marketing standards for eggs.’

   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, 16 April 2013.

            For the Commission

            The President

         José Manuel BARROSO

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

      (2)  OJ L 163, 24.6.2008, p. 6.


title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/814 of 26 May 2015 implementing Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

text:
               27.5.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 129/5

         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/814
   of 26 May 2015
   implementing Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
   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 204/2011 of 2 March 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (1), and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 2 March 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 204/2011.

               (2)

               The Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution (UNSCR) 1970 (2011) concerning Libya updated the list of persons and entities subject to travel restrictions and asset freeze measures.

               (3)

               Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 is hereby replaced by 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.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 26 May 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         F. MOGHERINI

      (1)  OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 1.

      ANNEX

            ‘ANNEX II

               List of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 6(1)

            A.   Persons

                        6.

                           Name: ABU ZAYD UMAR DORDA

                           Title: na Designation: a) Position: Director, External Security Organisation. b) Head of external intelligence agency. DOB: na POB: na Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: Libya ((Believed status/location: in custody in Libya)) Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban). Listed on 17 March 2011 pursuant to paragraph 17 of resolution 1970 (Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Regime loyalist. Head of external intelligence agency.

                        7.

                           Name: ABU BAKR YUNIS JABIR

                           Title: Major General Designation: Position: Defence Minister. DOB: 1952 POB: Jalo, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban). Listed on 17 March 2011 pursuant to paragraph 17 of resolution 1970 (Asset Freeze). Believed status/location: deceased.

                           Additional information

                        Overall responsibility for actions of armed forces.

                        8.

                           Name: MATUQ MOHAMMED MATUQ

                           Title: na Designation: Position: Secretary for Utilities DOB: 1956 POB: Khoms, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban). Listed on 17 March 2011 pursuant to paragraph 17 of resolution 1970 (Asset Freeze). Believed status/location: unknown, believed captured.

                           Additional information

                        Senior member of regime. Involvement with the Revolutionary Committees. Past history of involvement in suppression of dissent and violence.

                        9.

                           Name: AISHA MUAMMAR MUHAMMED ABU MINYAR QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: na DOB: 1978 POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: Aisha Muhammed Abdul Salam (Passport number: 215215) Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: 428720 National identification no: na Address: Sultanate of Oman (Believed status/location: Sultanate of Oman) Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Closeness of association with regime. Travelled in violation of paragraph 15 of resolution 1970, as described by the Panel of Experts on Libya in its 2013 Interim Report.

                        10.

                           Name: HANNIBAL MUAMMAR QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: na DOB:20 Sep. 1975POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: B/002210 National identification no: na Address: Algeria (Believed status/location: Algeria) Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Closeness of association with regime.

                        11.

                           Name: KHAMIS MUAMMAR QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: na DOB: 1978 POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze). Believed status/location: deceased.

                           Additional information

                        Closeness of association with regime. Command of military units involved in repression of demonstrations.

                        12.

                           Name: MOHAMMED MUAMMAR QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: na DOB: 1970 POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: Sultanate of Oman (Believed status/location: Sultanate of Oman) Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Closeness of association with regime.

                        13.

                           Name: MUAMMAR MOHAMMED ABU MINYAR QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: Leader of the Revolution, Supreme Commander of Armed Forces DOB: 1942 POB: Sirte, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: UN listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze). Believed status/location: deceased.

                           Additional information

                        Responsibility for ordering repression of demonstrations, human rights abuses.

                        14.

                           Name: MUTASSIM QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: National Security Adviser DOB: 1976 POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze). Believed status/location: deceased.

                           Additional information

                        Closeness of association with regime.

                        15.

                           Name: SAADI QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: Commander Special Forces DOB: a)27 May 1973b)1 Jan. 1975POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: a) 014797 b) 524521 National identification no: na Address: Libya (in custody) Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban). Listed on 17 March 2011 pursuant to paragraph 17 of resolution 1970 (Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Closeness of association with regime. Command of military units involved in repression of demonstrations.

                        16.

                           Name: SAIF AL-ARAB QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: na DOB: 1982 POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban). Listed on 17 March 2011 pursuant to paragraph 17 of resolution 1970 (Asset Freeze). Believed status/location: deceased.

                           Additional information

                        Closeness of association with regime.

                        17.

                           Name: SAIF AL-ISLAM QADHAFI

                           Title: na Designation: Director, Qadhafi Foundation DOB:25 Jun. 1972POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: B014995 National identification no: na Address: Libya (Believed status/location: in custody in Libya.) Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Closeness of association with regime. Inflammatory public statements encouraging violence against demonstrators.

                        18.

                           Name: 1: ABDULLAH AL-SENUSSI

                           Title: Colonel Designation: Director Military Intelligence DOB: 1949 POB: Sudan Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abdoullah Ould Ahmed (Passport number: B0515260; DOB: 1948; POB: Anefif (Kidal), Mali; Date of issue: 10 Jan 2012; Place of issue: Bamako, Mali; Date of expiration: 10 Jan 2017.) b) Abdoullah Ould Ahmed (Mali ID Number 073/SPICRE; POB: Anefif, Mali; Date of issue: 6 Dec 2011; Place of issue: Essouck, Mali) Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: Libya (Believed status/location: in custody in Libya.) Listed on:26 Feb. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban). Listed on 17 March 2011 pursuant to paragraph 17 of resolution 1970 (Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Military Intelligence involvement in suppression of demonstrations. Past history includes suspicion of involvement in Abu Selim prison massacre. Convicted in absentia for bombing of UTA flight. Brother-in-law of Muammar Qadhafi.

                        19.

                           Name: SAFIA FARKASH AL-BARASSI

                           Title: na Designation: na DOB: Approximately 1952 POB: Al Bayda, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: Safia Farkash Mohammed Al-Hadad, born 1 Jan. 1953 (Oman passport no. 03825239) Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: 03825239 National identification no: na Address: Sultanate of Oman Listed on:24 Jun. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 1970 and paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Significant personal wealth, which could be used for regime purposes. Her sister Fatima FARKASH is married to ABDALLAH SANUSSI, head of Libyan military intelligence.

                        20.

                           Name: ABDELHAFIZ ZLITNI

                           Title: na Designation: a) Minister for Planning and Finance in Colonel Qadhafi's Government. b) Secretary of the General People's Committee for Finance and Planning c) Temporary head of the Central Bank of Libya DOB: 1935 POB: na Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on:24 Jun. 2011Other information: Listed pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 1970 and paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).

                           Additional information

                        Involved in violence against demonstrators. Secretary of the General People's Committee for Finance and Planning. Zltini is currently acting as temporary head of the Central Bank of Libya. He was previously National Oil Corporation Chairman. Our information suggests that he is currently engaged in trying to raise funds for the regime to replenish Central Bank reserves already spent on sustaining the current military campaign.’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1424 of 20 August 2015 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pomme du Limousin (PDO))

text:
               26.8.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 223/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/1424
   of 20 August 2015
   approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pomme du Limousin (PDO))
   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 the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined France's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Pomme du Limousin’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 503/2007 (2).

               (2)

               Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
                   (3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.

               (3)

               As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Pomme du Limousin’ (PDO) are hereby approved.
   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, 20 August 2015.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Phil HOGAN

            Member of the Commission

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

      (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 503/2007 of 8 May 2007 registering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pohořelický kapr (PDO) — Žatecký chmel (PDO) — Pomme du Limousin (PDO) — Tome des Bauges (PDO)) (OJ L 119, 9.5.2007, p. 5).

      (3)  OJ C 120, 15.4.2015, p. 6.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 321/2014 of 27 March 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               28.3.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 93/83

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 321/2014
   of 27 March 2014
   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, 27 March 2014.

            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 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

                  IL

                  219,4

                  MA

                  57,7

                  TN

                  74,1

                  TR

                  94,4

                  ZZ

                  111,4

                  0707 00 05

                  MA

                  44,0

                  TR

                  139,3

                  ZZ

                  91,7

                  0709 93 10

                  MA

                  32,5

                  TR

                  78,9

                  ZZ

                  55,7

                  0805 10 20

                  EG

                  45,2

                  IL

                  68,0

                  MA

                  56,0

                  TN

                  47,3

                  TR

                  58,4

                  ZA

                  60,4

                  ZZ

                  55,9

                  0805 50 10

                  MA

                  35,6

                  TR

                  85,5

                  ZZ

                  60,6

                  0808 10 80

                  AR

                  89,5

                  BR

                  114,7

                  CL

                  95,3

                  CN

                  117,4

                  MK

                  23,6

                  US

                  170,5

                  ZA

                  68,9

                  ZZ

                  97,1

                  0808 30 90

                  AR

                  89,4

                  CL

                  134,1

                  CN

                  52,7

                  TR

                  127,0

                  ZA

                  82,1

                  ZZ

                  97,1

         (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) 2016/996 of 16 June 2016 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

text:
               22.6.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 164/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/996
   of 16 June 2016
   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 Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 57(4) and Article 58(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (2), 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 issued in respect of the goods concerned by this Regulation which does not conform to this Regulation may, for a certain period, continue to be invoked by the holder in accordance with Article 34(9) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. That period should be set at three months.

               (5)

               The Customs Code Committee has not issued an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,

         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 which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 34(9) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of 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, 16 June 2016.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Stephen QUEST

            Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union

      (1)  OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1.

      (2)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

      ANNEX

                  Description of goods

                  Classification (CN Code)

                  Reasons

                  (1)

                  (2)

                  (3)

                  A product in powder form consisting of the dried leaves of the moringa tree (Moringa oleifera).
                  The product is used as an ingredient in foods (such as creams, sauces, salads, pizzas, meats, soups or spices) or separately to prepare teas or as a food supplement.

                  1212 99 95

                  Classification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and the wording of CN codes 1212 , 1212 99  and 1212 99 95 .
                  Due to the nature of the plant, this product is not intended exclusively for direct consumption as a vegetable, but its use is more diversified and complex: it is used as an ingredient in different foods or separately to prepare teas or as a food supplement.
                  Consequently, Moringa oleifera cannot be classified as a vegetable of heading 0712 .
                  Classification under heading 1211  is excluded because, although this is a product with positive effects on human health, the main purpose of usage of this product is not ‘primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes’ as stated in the heading text.
                  Given its characteristics and properties, the product should be classified in CN code 1212 99 95 .


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 861/2012 of 20 September 2012 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

text:
               21.9.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 255/27

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 861/2012
   of 20 September 2012
   fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
   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 164(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Article 162(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products referred to in Article 1(1)(s) and listed in Part XIX of Annex I to that Regulation and prices within the Union may be covered by an export refund where these goods are exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to that Regulation.

               (2)

               Commission Regulation (EU) No 578/2010 of 29 June 2010 on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

               (3)

               In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 578/2010, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed for a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.

               (4)

               Article 162(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in a good may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.

               (5)

               The currently applicable refunds have been fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 536/2012 (3). Since new refunds should be fixed, that Regulation should therefore be repealed.

               (6)

               In order to prevent divergence with the current market situation, to prevent market speculation and to ensure efficient management, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

               (7)

               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
   The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 578/2010 and in Part XIX of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, and exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   Implementing Regulation (EU) No 536/2012 is hereby repealed.
   Article 3
   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, 20 September 2012.

            For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

         Daniel CALLEJA

            Director-General for Enterprise and Industry

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

      (2)  OJ L 171, 6.7.2010, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 163, 22.6.2012, p. 16.

      ANNEX

         Rates of the refunds applicable from 21 September 2012 to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

                  (EUR/100 kg)

                  CN code

                  Description

                  Destination (1)

                  Rate of refund

                  0407

                  Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked:

                  – Other fresh eggs

                  0407 21 00

                  – – Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

                              (a)

                              On exportation of ovalbumin of CN codes 3502 11 90 and 3502 19 90

                  02

                  0,00

                  03

                  9,50

                  04

                  0,00

                              (b)

                              On exportation of other goods

                  01

                  0,00

                  0407 29

                  – – Other

                  0407 29 10

                  – – – Of poultry, other than of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

                              (a)

                              On exportation of ovalbumin of CN codes 3502 11 90 and 3502 19 90

                  02

                  0,00

                  03

                  9,50

                  04

                  0,00

                              (b)

                              On exportation of other goods

                  01

                  0,00

                  0407 90

                  – Other:

                  0407 90 10

                  – – Of poultry

                              (a)

                              On exportation of ovalbumin of CN codes 3502 11 90 and 3502 19 90

                  02

                  0,00

                  03

                  9,50

                  04

                  0,00

                              (b)

                              On exportation of other goods

                  01

                  0,00

                  0408

                  Birds’ eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

                  – Egg yolks:

                  0408 11

                  – – Dried:

                  ex 0408 11 80

                  – – – Suitable for human consumption:

                  not sweetened

                  01

                  0,00

                  0408 19

                  – – Other:

                  – – – Suitable for human consumption:

                  ex 0408 19 81

                  – – – – Liquid:

                  not sweetened

                  01

                  0,00

                  ex 0408 19 89

                  – – – – Frozen:

                  not sweetened

                  01

                  0,00

                  – Other:

                  0408 91

                  – – Dried:

                  ex 0408 91 80

                  – – – Suitable for human consumption:

                  not sweetened

                  01

                  0,00

                  0408 99

                  – – Other:

                  ex 0408 99 80

                  – – – Suitable for human consumption:

                  not sweetened

                  01

                  0,00

         (1)  The destinations are as follows:

                  01

                  Third countries. For Switzerland and Liechtenstein these rates are not applicable to the goods listed in Tables I and II of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972.

                  02

                  Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Turkey, Hong Kong SAR and Russia.

                  03

                  South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines.

                  04

                  All destinations except Switzerland and those of 02 and 03.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1265/2014 of 26 November 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               27.11.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 341/9

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1265/2014
   of 26 November 2014
   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, 26 November 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 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

                  67,7

                  IL

                  45,2

                  MA

                  85,4

                  ZZ

                  66,1

                  0707 00 05

                  AL

                  57,9

                  JO

                  203,0

                  TR

                  134,1

                  ZZ

                  131,7

                  0709 93 10

                  MA

                  36,3

                  TR

                  129,5

                  ZZ

                  82,9

                  0805 20 10

                  MA

                  84,2

                  ZZ

                  84,2

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

                  CN

                  59,1

                  PE

                  74,4

                  TR

                  68,5

                  ZZ

                  67,3

                  0805 50 10

                  TR

                  82,2

                  ZZ

                  82,2

                  0808 10 80

                  AU

                  203,7

                  BR

                  52,4

                  CL

                  86,3

                  NZ

                  96,9

                  US

                  93,0

                  ZA

                  148,1

                  ZZ

                  113,4

                  0808 30 90

                  CN

                  93,1

                  US

                  201,1

                  ZZ

                  147,1

         (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) 2016/303 of 1 March 2016 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pane Toscano (PDO))

text:
               4.3.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 58/24

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/303
   of 1 March 2016
   entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pane Toscano (PDO))
   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 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Italy's application to register the name ‘Pane Toscano’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
                   (2).

               (2)

               By the notice of opposition of 12 November 2013 and the reasoned statement of opposition of 10 December 2013, the United Kingdom opposed the registration under Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. By the notice of opposition of 12 November 2013, registered in the mail register of the Commission on 19 November 2013, Belgium opposed the registration under Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. The notice of opposition sent by Belgium already included all the elements of a reasoned statement of opposition. By letter of 15 January 2014, Belgium sent a more extensive reasoned statement of opposition under Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012. The two oppositions were deemed admissible.

               (3)

               By letters dated 24 January 2014 and 13 February 2014, the Commission invited Italy and the United Kingdom on one side and Italy and Belgium on the other side to engage in appropriate consultations to seek agreement among themselves in accordance with their internal procedures.

               (4)

               No agreement was reached between the parties.

               (5)

               Given that no agreement was reached, the Commission should adopt a decision in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 52(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.

               (6)

               In accordance with Article 10(1)(a) and (d) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the opponents alleged that the registration of ‘Pane Toscano’ as a protected designation of origin is contrary to Articles 5 and 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and that the name ‘Pane Toscano’ is generic.

               (7)

               The opponents claim that the soft wheat harvested in Tuscany consists of varieties that are commonly grown in most parts of the country. These varieties cannot be considered as indigenous varieties or specific Tuscan varieties. The processing of the grain to obtain the wholegrain flour type ‘0’ that takes place in the defined geographical area is typically similar to the one that takes place everywhere in Italy and in Europe in general. Since the blending of various qualities of soft wheat is necessary to achieve the right mix suited to the intended use of the required flour, it is the flour's technical characteristics that characterise the product rather than the origin of the soft wheat. The technical characteristics of type ‘0’ soft-wheat wholegrain flour whose use is mandatory in the production of ‘Pane Toscano’, are generic and not specific to Tuscany. The application is in contradiction in point 5.2 where it is argued that the high nutritional value and digestibility of the product is due to the use of a mixture of flours, while point 3.3 had specified the use of only one specific type ‘0’ soft-wheat wholegrain flour. The application did not demonstrate the causal link between the geographical area and the quality or characteristics of the product. This is confirmed by the circumstance that the single document is obliged to refer to the ‘profound knowledge’ of the ‘bakers' craft’, seen as ‘the most important’ in a ‘context of various interacting elements’. The storage of flour at the mill for a suitable period of time to ensure the process of so-called ‘maturazione’ is not specific. This is common practice widely used throughout the European Union. The proposed name for registration ‘Pane Toscano’ is commonly used throughout Tuscany for several types of bread, which are presumably not produced according to the process defined in the application. In addition, in Italy, ‘Pane Toscano’ is deemed synonymous with bread without salt.

               (8)

               In the follow-up of the opposition procedure, the opponents also alleged that the product specification should have included rules on the origin of the seeds, and that the influence of the temperature on the characteristics of the flours, as claimed by the applicant, is not proven by any scientific evidence.

               (9)

               Despite the abovementioned allegations submitted by the opponents, it is appropriate to register the name ‘Pane Toscano’ as a protected designation of origin for the following reasons.

               (10)

               The name to be registered refers to the product ‘bread’ and not to flour or wheat. It is therefore the product ‘bread’ that is to be focused on, in order to verify whether it possesses the quality or characteristics essentially or exclusively due to a particular geographical environment with its inherent natural and human factors.

               (11)

               The qualities and characteristics of the product named ‘Pane Toscano’ essentially due to the particular geographical environment are exhaustively described in the single document and in the product specification: its keeping qualities, its aroma of roasted hazelnuts, the ‘neutral’, i.e. unsalted, flavour of its crumb, its crunchy crust, its crumb's irregular holes and white-to-ivory colour, its high nutritional value and digestibility due to the use of a mixture of different varieties of wheat low in gluten and with the nutritional value of the flour naturally containing the original wheat germ (unlike today's normal practice of adding the wheat germ during processing), and to the historic absence of salt in its ingredients.

               (12)

               These specific qualities and characteristics are essentially due to the natural and human factors prevailing in the geographical environment of the defined geographical area.

               (13)

               As indicated by the applicant, the link between the geographical area and the quality and product characteristics of ‘Pane Toscano’ PDO is inherent in the long time taken to process the bread, which allows the sourdough to extract from the unsalted wheat germ including flour the components which, when the bread is baked, give it its typical flavour, appearance and keeping qualities. The wheat germ, naturally present in the flour following the milling process described in detail in the product specification, influences at the same time the nutritional value of ‘Pane Toscano’ and the raising process, the wheat germ being rich in enzymes which help break down the compound sugars. The knowledgeable use of sourdough creates the conditions for lactic-acid fermentation, resulting in compounds which, during baking, give the bread its typical aroma and flavour. In particular, the sourdough starter must interact with flours with precise characteristics set out in the product specification (low hardness, low W value and medium P/L value). Due to a significant climatic specificity, such characteristics are found in flours made with wheat varieties grown in Tuscany rather than in neighbouring areas. The non-use of salt influences the fermentation processes and it also clearly characterises the related flavour. In this context of various interacting elements, the bakers' craft and knowledge, as regards in particular the quality parameters, the preparation of the sourdough and the raising and baking phases, is of the utmost importance. Human and natural factors are deeply interlinked and combined in a dynamic structure that globally constitutes the link between the area and the qualities of the product.

               (14)

               Against this picture submitted by the applicant, the opponents developed an unconvincing reasoning, which is not liable to undermine the soundness of the application.

               (15)

               The fact that the varieties of soft wheat used to produce the product named ‘Pane Toscano’ are not specific to Tuscany and are found in other Italian and European regions is not relevant. The wheat varieties admitted for the production of ‘Pane Toscano’ are not mentioned in the product specification as an element of specificity in themselves. Several wheat varieties allowed to be used for making the flour for the ‘Pane Toscano’ have, in fact, their origin in Tuscany, but this is not the crucial issue. The product specification and the single document explain that the most important element is the impact of the environment on the wheat. While sharing the same genetic heritage, wheat varieties develop specific characteristics because of the influence of climatic conditions. The same varieties grown in other areas, even those neighbouring Tuscany, do not have the same commercial and technical parameters necessary to produce ‘Pane Toscano’. In the specific case, the Tuscan phenotypes of these wheat varieties, due to the action of climate conditions and in particular with reference to the minimal temperatures, result in flours having specific parameters (the hardness, the W value and the P/L value) that are suitable for the production of ‘Pane Toscano’.

               (16)

               In the light of the above, also the observation that the technical characteristics of the soft-wheat flour required for the production of ‘Pane Toscano’, which is not wholegrain flour — as stated by the opponents — but just flour including wheat germ, are generic, proves baseless.

               (17)

               The definition of a protected designation of origin does not require the product to be produced via a process which is specific to the defined geographical area. Therefore, the mill processing of the grain to obtain the flour and the storage of flour at the mill cannot be challenged in this respect. They are described in the product specification because it is necessary to put the producers in the position to be aware of the concrete details concerning these processes. In any event, in this specific case, the milling process has a specific character since it contributes to one of the main qualities of the final product allowing the maintaining of the original wheat germ in the flour.

               (18)

               The rule on the blending of the wheat varieties to achieve the appropriate mix required for the production of ‘Pane Toscano’ does not challenge the importance of the origin of the wheat. In contrast, it can be taken as a confirmation that varieties are not relevant in themselves. In addition, the knowledge in variety blending is to be qualified as human factor being part of the geographical environment.

               (19)

               There is no contradiction in point 5.2 of the single document: the words ‘due to the use of a mixture of flours low in gluten’ are to be read as ‘due to the use of a mixture of wheat varieties’, as clearly can be deduced from global reading of both the single document and the product specification and in particular from point 5.1 of the latter.

               (20)

               It is not accurate that the bakers' craft and knowledge is defined as ‘the most important’ element of the link. It is actually a translation mistake in the English version of the single document. The single document states that in the context of various interacting elements, bakers' craft is of crucial importance. It cannot be challenged that the high importance of the human factor as a component of the link among the qualities of a product covered by a protected designation of origin and its defined geographical area is in line with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.

               (21)

               The allegation that the proposed name ‘Pane Toscano’ is commonly used throughout Tuscany for several types of bread which are presumably not produced according to the process defined in the application is groundless. The fact that a name for which an application for registration is submitted is found to be used with reference to products that are not covered by the rules included in the proposed product specification does not prevent the registration of that name. The purpose of the registration may lawfully be the harmonisation of the methods of production of the product marketed under a certain name. The allegation that, in Italy, the name ‘Pane Toscano’ is synonymous with bread without salt is not supported by any evidence. In addition, it is to be noted that no opposition was lodged against the registration of the name ‘Pane Toscano’ as a protected designation of origin during the national opposition procedure.

               (22)

               The need of rules on origin of seeds is not sufficiently reasoned. The conclusions on the influence of the temperature on the characteristics of the wheat grown in Tuscany result from a study on climate effects based on statistical data collected in a period of 29 years. The opponents did not give positive evidence liable to refute that study.

               (23)

               In the light of the above, the name ‘Pane Toscano’ should be entered in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications.

               (24)

               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Agricultural Product Quality Policy Committee,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The name ‘Pane Toscano’ (PDO) is registered.
   The name in the first paragraph identifies a product from Class 2.3 Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares of Annex XI of 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, 1 March 2016.

            For the Commission

            The President

         Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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

      (2)  OJ C 235, 14.8.2013, p. 19.

      (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).