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I Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory REGULATIONS Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy ..................... 1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 200/2008 of 4 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables ...................................... 13 Commission Regulation (EC) No 201/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year ................................................... 15 Commission Regulation (EC) No 202/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority ( 1 ) ..................... 17 Commission Regulation (EC) No 203/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, as regards gamithromycin ( 1 ) ........................................................................ 18 Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2008 of 4 March 2008 fixing the import duties applicable to semi-milled and wholly milled rice from 5 March 2008 ............................................ 21 Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period. The titles of all other acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. ISSN 1725-2555 L 60 Volume 51 5 March 2008 Legislation ( 1 ) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) Official Journal of the European Union EN English edition Contents 2

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I Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory

REGULATIONS

★ Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of aCommunity framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sectorand support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Commission Regulation (EC) No 200/2008 of 4 March 2008 establishing the standard import valuesfor determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Commission Regulation (EC) No 201/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending the representative prices andadditional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC)No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 202/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC)No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number andnames of the Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 203/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending Annex III to CouncilRegulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment ofmaximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, asregards gamithromycin (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2008 of 4 March 2008 fixing the import duties applicable tosemi-milled and wholly milled rice from 5 March 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for alimited period.

The titles of all other acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk.

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DECISIONS

Council

2008/188/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services . . . . . . . 22

2008/189/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Government of Georgia on certain aspects of air services . . . . 23

2008/190/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services . . . . . . . 24

2008/191/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services . . . . . . . . 25

2008/192/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services 26

2008/193/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Republic of Croatia on certain aspects of air services . . . . . . . . . 27

2008/194/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspectsof air services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2008/195/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2008/196/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services . . . . 30

2008/197/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the Republic of Paraguay on certain aspects of air services . . . . . . . 31

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2008/198/EC:

★ Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between theEuropean Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects ofair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2008/199/EC:

★ Council Decision of 28 February 2008 on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediter-ranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and theirMember States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to takeaccount of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union 33

Commission

2008/200/EC:

★ Commission Decision of 20 February 2008 terminating the examination procedure concerningtrade practices maintained by Argentina in relation to the imports of textile and clothingproducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

2008/201/EC:

★ Commission Decision of 28 February 2008 designating the Community Fisheries ControlAgency as the body to carry out certain tasks under Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006 andamending Decision 2007/166/EC adopting the list of Community fisheries inspectors andinspection means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 199/2008

of 25 February 2008

concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and useof data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries

Policy

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic andSocial Committee (2),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation offisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (3)provides for regular assessments by the Scientific,Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (here-inafter referred to as the STECF) of the management ofliving aquatic resources, including biological, economic,environmental, social and technical considerations.

(2) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’sCode of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and theAgreement relating to the Conservation and Managementof Straddling Fish Stocks both emphasise the need todevelop research and data collection with a view toimproving scientific knowledge of the sector.

(3) In line with the objectives of the Common FisheriesPolicy (hereinafter referred to as the CFP) on the conser-vation, management and exploitation of living aquaticresources in non-Community waters, the Communitymust take part in the efforts undertaken to conservefisheries resources, notably in accordance with theprovisions adopted in Fisheries Partnership Agreementsor by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations.

(4) On 23 January 2003, the Council adopted conclusionsconcerning the Commission’s Communication to theCouncil and the European Parliament setting out a‘Community Action Plan to integrate environmentalprotection requirements into the CFP’ with guiding prin-ciples, management measures and a work programme, tomove towards an ecosystem approach to fisheriesmanagement.

(5) On 13 October 2003, the Council adopted conclusionsconcerning the Commission’s Communication to theCouncil and the European Parliament on theimprovement of scientific and technical advice forCommunity fisheries management, describing theCommunity’s needs for scientific advice, setting out themechanisms for providing advice, identifying the areaswhere system needs to be strengthened and suggestingpossible solutions over the short to medium and longterm.

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(1) Opinion of 13 November 2007 (not yet published in the OfficialJournal).

(2) OJ C 10, 15.1.2008, p. 53.(3) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 865/2007 (OJ L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 1).

(6) Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 of 29 June 2000establishing a Community framework for the collectionand management of the data needed to conduct thecommon fisheries policy (1) needs to be reviewed inorder to take due consideration of a fleet-basedapproach towards fisheries management, the need todevelop an ecosystem approach, the need for improvedquality, completeness and broader access to fisheries data,more efficient support for provision of scientific adviceand the promotion of cooperation among MemberStates.

(7) The current regulations in the area of fisheries datacollection and management include provisions on thecollection and management of data relating to fishingvessels, their activities and catches and on price moni-toring, which should be taken into account in this Regu-lation in order to streamline collection and use of thesedata throughout the CFP and to avoid any duplication ofcollection of data. Those current regulations are asfollows: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of12 October 1993 establishing a control systemapplicable to the common fisheries policy (2), CouncilRegulation (EC) No 788/96 of 22 April 1996 on thesubmission by Member States of statistics on aquacultureproduction (3), Commission Regulation (EC) No 2091/98of 30 September 1998 concerning the segmentation ofthe Community fishing fleet and fishing effort in relationto the multi-annual guidance programmes (4), CouncilRegulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999on the common organisation of the markets in fisheryand aquaculture products (5), Council Regulation (EC) No2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specificaccess requirements and associated conditions applicableto fishing for deep-sea stocks (6),

Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating tocertain Community fishing areas and resources (7),Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisionsregarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems (8),Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleetregister (9), Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 of

26 April 2004 laying down measures concerning inci-dental catches of cetaceans in fisheries (10), Regulation(EC) No 1921/2006 of the European Parliament and ofthe Council of 18 December 2006 on the submission ofstatistical data on landings of fishery products in MemberStates (11), Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 of21 December 2006 on electronic recording andreporting of fishing activities and on means of remotesensing (12), and Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007of 18 September 2007 establishing measures for therecovery of the stock of European eel (13).

(8) Data collected for the purposes of scientific evaluationshould include information on fleets and their activities,biological data covering catches, including discards,survey information on fish stocks and the environmentalimpact that may be caused by fisheries on the marineecosystem. It should also include data explaining priceformation and other data which may facilitate anassessment of the economic situation of fishing enter-prises, aquaculture and the processing industry, and ofemployment trends in these sectors.

(9) In order to protect and conserve living aquatic resourcesand their sustainable exploitation, the ecosystem basedapproach to fisheries management should be progres-sively implemented. In view of this, it is necessary tocollect data in order to assess the effects of fisheries onthe marine ecosystem.

(10) Community programmes to collect, manage and usefisheries data should be implemented under the directresponsibility of the Member States. AccordinglyMember States should draw up national programmes inline with the Community programme.

(11) It is necessary that Member States cooperate amongthemselves, as well as with third countries, and coor-dinate their national programmes with respect to thecollection of data regarding the same marine regionand regions covering relevant inland waters.

(12) Priorities should be established at Community level, asshould the procedures for data collection and processingwithin the Community, in order to ensure that the entiresystem is consistent and to optimise its cost-effectivenessby creating a stable multi-annual regional framework.

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(1) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1.(2) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1098/2007 (OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 1).(3) OJ L 108, 1.5.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 266, 1.10.1998, p. 36.(5) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1759/2006 (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 3).(6) OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2269/2004 (OJ L 396, 31.12.2004, p. 1).(7) OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1.(8) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17.(9) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1799/2006 (OJ L 341, 7.12.2006, p. 26).

(10) OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 12, corrected by OJ L 185, 24.5.2004,p. 4. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 809/2007(OJ L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 1).

(11) OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 1.(12) OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 3.(13) OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 17.

(13) The data referred to in this Regulation should be put intonational computerised databases so that they areaccessible to the Commission and can be transmittedto end-users. It is in the interest of the scientificcommunity that data which does not allow forpersonal identification is available to any party whohas an interest in its analysis.

(14) Managing fisheries resources requires the processing ofdetailed data in order to address specific issues. In thatcontext, Member States should transmit data needed forscientific analysis and should ensure they have thetechnical capacity of doing so. If necessary, the detaileddata may be aggregated before their transmission, to thelevel of aggregation stipulated in the request as definedby the end-users.

(15) The obligations concerning access to the data covered bythis Regulation are without prejudice to Member States’obligations under Directive 2003/4/EC of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 onpublic access to environmental information (1), as well asunder Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 onthe application of the provisions of the AarhusConvention on Access to Information, Public Partici-pation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Envi-ronmental Matters to Community institutions andbodies (2).

(16) The protection of individuals with regard to theprocessing of personal data for the purposes of thisRegulation is governed by Directive 95/46/EC of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 24 October1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to theprocessing of personal data and on the free movement ofsuch data (3) and by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 18 December2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to theprocessing of personal data by the Community insti-tutions and bodies and on the free movement of suchdata (4).

(17) The implementation of national programmes to collectand manage fisheries data requires significant expen-

diture. The benefit of such programmes can only be fullyrealised at Community level. There should therefore beprovision for a Community financial contribution to theMember States’ costs, in accordance Council Regulation(EC) No 861/2006 of 22 May 2006 establishingCommunity financial measures for the implementationof the Common Fisheries Policy in the area of the Lawof the Sea (5).

(18) In case the Commission finds that the expenditureconcerned is linked to irregularities, provision shouldbe made for financial corrections in accordance withArticle 28 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.

(19) Correct execution of the National Programmes and, inparticular, adherence to deadlines, quality control, vali-dation and transmission of the data collected, is ofhigh importance. For this reason Community financialcontribution should be made conditional on adherenceto the relevant deadlines, on quality control, oncompliance with agreed quality standards and onprovision of data. Consequently, a financial sanctionsystem related to non-compliance with these conditionsshould be introduced.

(20) In order to improve the reliability of scientific adviceneeded to conduct the CFP, the Member States and theCommission should coordinate and cooperate in therelevant international scientific bodies.

(21) Priority should be given to ensuring the attendance of therelevant scientific experts in the expert groupsconducting the scientific evaluation needed to conductthe CFP.

(22) The scientific community should be consulted and thoseworking in the fishing industry and other interest groupsshould be informed on the implementation of the datacollection provisions. The appropriate bodies in which togather the opinions required are the STECF, establishedby Commission Decision 2005/629/EC (6), the AdvisoryCommittee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, set up byCommission Decision 1999/478/EC (7), and theRegional Advisory Councils set up by Council Decision2004/585/EC (8).

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(1) OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26.(2) OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, p. 13.(3) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31. Directive as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1882/2003.(4) OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1.(6) OJ L 225, 31.8.2005, p. 18.(7) OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 70. Decision as amended by Decision

2004/864/EC (OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 91).(8) OJ L 256, 3.8.2004, p. 17. Decision as amended by Decision

2007/409/EC (OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 68).

(23) The management committee should ensure close coop-eration between the Member States and the Commissionin order to facilitate the correct implementation of thisRegulation. The measures necessary for the implemen-tation of this Regulation should be adopted inaccordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for theexercise of implementing powers conferred on theCommission (1).

(24) Based on past experience and new needs it is appropriateto repeal Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 and toreplace it by this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject-matter

1. This Regulation establishes rules on:

(a) the collection and management, in the framework of multi-annual programmes, of biological, technical, environmentaland socio-economic data concerning the fisheries sector;

(b) the use of data concerning the fisheries sector in theframework of the Common Fisheries Policy (hereinafterreferred to as the CFP), for the purpose of scientific analysis.

2. This Regulation also lays down provisions for theimprovement of the scientific advice needed for the implemen-tation of the CFP.

3. This Regulation shall be without prejudice to the obli-gations under Directive 95/46/EC, Regulation (EC) No45/2001, Directive 2003/4/EC and Regulation (EC) No1367/2006.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitionsshall apply:

(a) ‘fisheries sector’ means activities related to commercialfisheries, recreational fisheries, aquaculture and industriesprocessing fisheries products;

(b) ‘aquaculture’ means the rearing or cultivation of aquaticorganisms using techniques designed to increase theproduction of the organisms in question beyond thenatural capacity of the environment; the organismsremaining the property of a natural or legal personthroughout the rearing or culture stage, up to andincluding harvesting;

(c) ‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishingactivities exploiting living aquatic resources for recreationor sport;

(d) ‘marine regions’ means the geographical areas set out inAnnex I to Council Decision 2004/585/EC and the areasestablished by the regional fisheries management organi-sations;

(e) ‘primary data’ means data associated with individual vessels,natural or legal persons or individual samples;

(f) ‘meta data’ means data giving qualitative and quantitativeinformation on the collected primary data;

(g) ‘detailed data’ means data based on primary data in a formwhich does not allow natural persons or legal entities to beidentified directly or indirectly;

(h) ‘aggregated data’ means the output resulting fromsummarising the primary or detailed data for specificanalytic purposes;

(i) ‘end-users’ means bodies with a research or managementinterest in the scientific analysis of data in the fisheriessector;

(j) ‘fleet-fishery based sampling’ means biological, technical andsocio-economic data collection surveys based on agreedregional fishing types and fleet segments;

(k) ‘Community fishing vessel’ means a vessel as defined inArticle 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

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(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

CHAPTER II

COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF DATA IN THEFRAMEWORK OF MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

SECTION 1

Community programme and national programmes

Article 3

Community programme

1. A multi-annual Community programme for collection,management and use of biological, technical, environmental,and socio-economic data concerning:

(a) commercial fisheries carried out by Community fishingvessels:

(i) within Community waters, including commercialfisheries for eels and salmon in inland waters;

(ii) outside Community waters;

(b) recreational fisheries carried out within Community watersincluding recreational fisheries for eels and salmon in inlandwaters;

(c) aquaculture activities related to marine species, includingeels and salmon, carried out within the Member Statesand the Community waters;

(d) industries processing fisheries products;

shall be defined in accordance with the procedure referred to inArticle 27(2).

2. The Community programme shall be drawn for three-yearperiods. The first period shall cover the years 2009 and 2010.

Article 4

National programmes

1. Without prejudice to their current data collection obli-gations under Community law, Member States shall collectprimary biological, technical, environmental and socio-economic data within the framework of a multi-annualnational programme (hereinafter referred to as the nationalprogramme) drawn up in accordance with the Communityprogramme.

2. The national programme shall include, in particular, thefollowing matters as provided for in Section 2:

(a) multi-annual sampling programmes;

(b) a scheme for at-sea monitoring of commercial and recrea-tional fisheries, where necessary;

(c) a scheme for research surveys-at-sea;

(d) a scheme for management and use of the data for scientificanalyses purposes.

3. The procedures and methods to be used in collecting andanalysing data and in estimating their accuracy and precisionshall be included in the national programmes.

4. Member States shall submit their national programmes forapproval to the Commission. They shall submit them by elec-tronic means by the date, in the format and to the address to beestablished by the Commission in accordance with theprocedure referred to in Article 27(2).

5. The first national programmes shall include the activitiesfor the years 2009 and 2010.

Article 5

Coordination and cooperation

1. Member States shall coordinate their national programmeswith other Member States in the same marine region and makeevery effort to coordinate their actions with third countrieshaving sovereignty or jurisdiction over waters in the samemarine region. For this purpose the Commission mayorganise Regional Coordination Meetings in order to assistMember States in coordinating their national programmes andthe implementation of the collection, management and use ofthe data in same region.

2. In order to take into account any recommendation madeat regional level at the Regional Coordination Meetings, MemberStates shall where appropriate submit amendments to theirnational programmes during the programming period. Thoseamendments shall be sent to the Commission at the latesttwo months prior to the year of implementation.

3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall beadopted in accordance with the procedure referred to inArticle 27(2).

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Article 6

Evaluation and approval of national programmes

1. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee forFisheries (STECF) shall evaluate:

(a) the conformity of the national programmes and anyamendments thereto with Articles 4 and 5; and

(b) the scientific relevance of the data to be covered by nationalprogrammes for the purposes laid down in Article 1(1) andthe quality of the proposed methods and procedures.

2. If the evaluation by STECF, referred to in paragraph 1,indicates that a national programme does not comply withArticles 4 and 5 or does not guarantee the scientific relevanceof the data or sufficient quality of the proposed methods andprocedures, the Commission shall immediately inform theMember State concerned and propose amendments to thatprogramme. Subsequently, the Member State concerned shallsubmit a revised national programme to the Commission.

3. The Commission shall approve the national programmesand the amendments thereto made in accordance withArticle 5(2) on the basis of the evaluation by the STECF andthe evaluation of costs carried out by its services.

Article 7

Evaluation and approval of the outcomes of the nationalprogrammes

1. Member States shall on an annual basis submit to theCommission a report on the carrying out of their nationalprogrammes. They shall submit them by the date, in theformat and to the address to be established by the Commissionin accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

2. The STECF shall evaluate:

(a) the execution of the national programmes approved by theCommission in accordance with Article 6(3); and

(b) the quality of the data collected by the Member States.

3. The Commission shall assess the implementation of thenational programmes on the basis of:

(a) the evaluation by the STECF;

(b) the consultation of appropriate regional fisheriesmanagement organisations to which the Community iscontracting party or observer and relevant internationalscientific bodies; and

(c) the evaluation of costs carried out by its services.

Article 8

Community financial assistance

1. Community financial assistance for national programmesshall be implemented in accordance with the rules laid down inRegulation (EC) No 861/2006.

2. The basic data referred to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No861/2006 shall cover only those parts of Member States’national programmes that implement the Communityprogramme.

3. Community financial assistance for national programmesshall only be granted if the rules set out in this Regulation arefully respected.

4. The Commission may, after having afforded the MemberStates concerned an opportunity of being heard, suspend and/orrecover Community financial assistance in the following circum-stances:

(a) the evaluation, referred to in Article 7, indicates that theexecution of a national programme does not comply withthis Regulation; or

(b) the consultation referred to Article 7(3)(b) indicates that thedata has not been provided by Member States in accordancewith Articles 16(3) and 20(1); or

(c) data quality control and data process were not achieved inaccordance with Articles 14(2) and 17.

5. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the Commission may,after having afforded the Member States concerned an oppor-tunity of being heard, also reduce Community financialassistance in the following circumstances:

(a) if a national programme was not submitted to theCommission by the date established in accordance withArticle 4(4);

(b) if a report was not submitted to the Commission by thedate established in accordance with Article 7(1);

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(c) if an official request for data has been made by an end-userand the data was not delivered in accordance with Articles20(2) and 20(3) to the end-user concerned or the qualitycontrol and the processing of these data were not inaccordance to Articles 14(2) and 17.

6. The reduction of the Community financial assistancereferred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 shall be proportionate tothe degree of non-compliance. The reduction of theCommunity financial assistance referred to in paragraph 5shall be applied gradually over time and shall amount to nomore than 25 % of the total annual cost of the nationalprogramme.

7. Detailed rules for the application of the reduction referredto in paragraph 6 shall be adopted in accordance with theprocedure referred to in Article 27(2).

SECTION 2

Requirements for the data collection process

Article 9

Sampling programmes

1. Member States shall establish multi-annual nationalsampling programmes.

2. Multi-annual national sampling programmes shall include,in particular:

(a) a sampling design for biological data following fleet-fisherybased sampling including, where appropriate, recreationalfisheries;

(b) a sampling design for ecosystem data that allows the impactof the fisheries sector on the marine ecosystem to beestimated and that contributes to monitoring of the stateof the marine ecosystem;

(c) a sampling design for socio-economic data that permits theeconomic situation of the fisheries sector to be assessed andenables its performance over time to be analysed, andimpact assessments of measures undertaken, or proposedto be carried out.

3. The protocols and the methods used for the establishmentof national sampling programmes shall be given by MemberStates and shall be, as far as possible:

(a) stable over time;

(b) standardised within regions;

(c) in accordance with the quality standards established by theappropriate regional fisheries management organisations towhich the Community is contracting party or observer andrelevant international scientific bodies.

4. Accuracy and precision for the data collected shall besystematically estimated where required.

Article 10

Access to the sampling sites

Member States shall ensure that, in order to carry out theirduties, samplers designated by the body in charge of the imple-mentation of the national programme have access to:

(a) all landings, including as appropriate, transhipments andtransfers to aquaculture;

(b) vessel and business registers operated by public bodiesrelevant for the collection of economic data;

(c) economic data of fisheries related businesses.

Article 11

At-sea monitoring of commercial and recreational fisheries

1. Where necessary for the purposes of the collection of thedata under the national programmes, Member States shalldesign and implement at-sea monitoring of commercial andrecreational fisheries.

2. The tasks of the at-sea monitoring shall be determined bythe Member States.

3. The masters of Community fishing vessels shall accept onboard samplers operating under the at-sea monitoring schemeand designated by the body in charge of the implementation ofthe national programme and cooperate with them in order toallow them to discharge their duties while on board Communityfishing vessels.

4. The masters of Community fishing vessels may refuse toaccept on board the samplers operating under the at-sea moni-toring scheme only on the basis of an obvious lack of space onthe vessel or for safety reasons in accordance with nationallegislation. In such cases, data shall be collected through aself-sampling programme, carried out by the crew of theCommunity fishing vessel, and designed and controlled by thebody in charge of the implementation of the nationalprogramme.

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Article 12

Research surveys at sea

1. Member States shall carry out research surveys at sea toevaluate the abundance and distribution of stocks, indepen-dently of the data provided by commercial fisheries, and toassess the impact of the fishing activity on the environment.

2. The list of research surveys at sea eligible for theCommunity financial assistance shall be adopted in accordancewith the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

CHAPTER III

DATA MANAGEMENT PROCESS

Article 13

Data storage

Member States shall:

(a) ensure that primary data collected under nationalprogrammes are safely stored in computerised databasesand take all necessary measures to ensure that they aretreated as confidential;

(b) ensure that metadata related to the primary socio-economicdata collected under national programmes are safely storedin computerised databases;

(c) take all necessary technical measures to protect such dataagainst any accidental or illicit destruction, accidental loss,deterioration, distribution or unauthorised consultation.

Article 14

Data quality control and validation

1. Member States shall be responsible for the quality andcompleteness of the primary data collected under nationalprogrammes, and for the detailed and aggregated data derivedtherefrom which are transmitted to end-users.

2. Member States shall ensure that:

(a) primary data collected under national programmes areproperly checked for errors by appropriate quality controlprocedures;

(b) detailed and aggregated data derived from primary datacollected under national programmes are validated beforetheir transmission to end-users;

(c) the quality assurance procedures applied to the primary,detailed and aggregated data referred to in (a) and (b) aredeveloped in accordance with the procedures adopted bythe international scientific bodies, regional fisheriesmanagement organisations and STECF.

CHAPTER IV

USE OF DATA COLLECTED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CFP

Article 15

Data covered

1. This Chapter shall apply to all data collected:

(a) under Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 788/96, (EC)No 2091/98, (EC) No 104/2000, (EC) No 2347/2002, (EC)No 1954/2003, (EC) No 2244/2003, (EC) No 26/2004,(EC) No 812/2004, (EC) No 1921/2006, (EC) No1966/2006 and (EC) No 1100/2007;

(b) under the framework of this Regulation:

(i) data on vessels’ activity based on information fromsatellite monitoring and other monitoring systemswith the required format;

(ii) data allowing the reliable estimation of the total volumeof catches per stock by defined regional fishing typesand fleet segments, geographical area and time period,including discards and, where appropriate, dataregarding catches in recreational fisheries;

(iii) all biological data needed to assess the status ofexploited stocks;

(iv) ecosystem data needed to evaluate the impact of fishingactivities on the marine ecosystem;

(v) the socio-economic data from the fisheries sector.

2. Member States shall avoid any duplication in thecollection of the data referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 16

Access to and transmission of primary data

1. For the purpose of the verification of the existence of theprimary data collected in accordance with Article 4(1), otherthan socio-economic data, Member States shall ensure that theCommission has access to the national computerised databasesreferred to in Article 13(a).

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2. For the purpose of the verification of the socio-economicdata collected in accordance with Article 4(1) Member Statesshall ensure that the Commission has access to the nationalcomputerised databases referred to in Article 13(b).

3. Member States shall conclude agreements with theCommission to ensure effective and unhindered access for theCommission to their national computerised databases referredto in paragraph 1 and 2, without prejudice to the obligationsestablished by other Community rules.

4. Member States shall ensure that the primary data collectedunder the research surveys at sea are transmitted to interna-tional scientific organisations and appropriate scientific bodieswithin regional fisheries management organisations inaccordance with the international obligations of theCommunity and the Member States.

Article 17

Processing of primary data

1. Member States shall process the primary data into datasets of detailed or aggregated data in accordance with:

(a) relevant international standards, wherever they exist;

(b) protocols agreed at international or regional level, whereverthey exist.

2. The Member State shall provide to the end-users and theCommission, whenever necessary, a description of the methodsapplied to process the requested data and their statistical prop-erties.

Article 18

Submission of detailed and aggregated data

1. Member States shall make detailed and aggregated dataavailable to end-users to support scientific analysis:

(a) as a basis for advice to fisheries management, including toRegional Advisory Councils;

(b) in the interest of public debate and stakeholder participationin policy development;

(c) for scientific publication.

2. Where necessary, to ensure anonymity Member Statesmay refuse to provide data on vessels’ activity based on infor-mation from vessel satellite monitoring to end-users for thepurposes referred to in paragraph 1(b).

Article 19

Transmission of detailed and aggregated data

Member States shall transmit detailed and aggregated data in asecure electronic format.

Article 20

Procedure for transmission of detailed and aggregated data

1. Member States shall ensure that relevant detailed andaggregated data to be sent on a regular basis is providedtimely to the appropriate regional fisheries management orga-nisations to which the Community is a contracting party orobserver and relevant international scientific bodies inaccordance with the international obligations of theCommunity and the Member States.

2. Where detailed and aggregated data are requested forspecific scientific analysis, Member States shall ensure that thedata is provided to end-users:

(a) for the purpose referred to in Article 18(1)(a), within onemonth from the receipt of the request for these data;

(b) for the purpose referred to in Article 18(1)(b), within twomonths from the receipt of the request for these data.

3. Where detailed and aggregated data are requested forscientific publication referred to in Article 18(1)(c), MemberStates:

(a) may, in order to protect the professional interests of thedata collectors, withhold data transmission to the end-usersfor a period of three years following the date of collectionof the data. Member States shall inform the end-users andthe Commission of any such decisions. In duly justifiedcases the Commission may authorise that period to beextended;

(b) shall in case that three years period has already expired,ensure that the data is provided to end-users within twomonths from the receipt of the request for these data.

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4. Member States may refuse to transmit the relevant detailedand aggregated data only:

(a) if there is a risk of natural persons and/or legal entitiesbeing identified, in which case the Member State maypropose alternative means to meet the needs of the end-user which ensure anonymity;

(b) in the cases referred to in Article 22(3);

(c) if the same data are already available in another form orformat which is easily accessible by end-users.

5. In cases where the data requested by end-users other thanappropriate regional fisheries management organisations towhich the Community is contracting party or observer andrelevant international scientific bodies are different from thosealready provided to appropriate regional fisheries managementorganisations to which the Community is contracting party orobserver and relevant international scientific bodies, MemberStates may charge those end-users the actual costs of extractionand, if required, aggregation of the data before their trans-mission.

Article 21

Review of refusal to provide data

1. If a Member State refuses to provide data underArticle 20(3)(a), the end-user may request the Commission toreview the refusal. If the Commission finds that the refusal isnot duly justified, it may require the Member State to supply thedata to the end-user within one month.

2. If the Member State fails to provide such data within theperiod laid down in paragraph 1, Article 8 paragraphs 5 and 6shall apply.

Article 22

Obligations for end-users

1. The end-users of data shall:

(a) use the data only for the purpose stated in their request inaccordance with Article 18;

(b) duly acknowledge the data sources;

(c) be responsible for correct and appropriate use of the datawith regard to scientific ethics;

(d) inform the Commission and the Member States concernedof any suspected problems with the data;

(e) provide the Member States concerned and the Commissionwith references to the results of the use of the data;

(f) not forward the requested data to third parties withoutconsent with the Member State concerned;

(g) not sell the data to any third party.

2. The Member States shall inform the Commission of anynon-compliance by end-users.

3. Where an end-user fails to comply with any of therequirements set out in paragraph 1, the Commission mayallow the Member State concerned to limit or refuse access tothe data to that end-user.

CHAPTER V

SUPPORT FOR SCIENTIFIC ADVICE

Article 23

Participation in meetings of international bodies

Member States shall ensure that their national experts parti-cipate in relevant meetings of regional fisheries managementorganisations to which the Community is contracting party orobserver and international scientific bodies.

Article 24

Coordination and cooperation

1. Member States and the Commission shall coordinate theirefforts and cooperate in order to further improve the reliabilityof scientific advice, the quality of the work programmes and theworking methods of the regional fisheries management organi-sations to which the Community is contracting party orobserver and international scientific bodies.

2. Such coordination and cooperation shall take placewithout prejudice to open scientific debate and shall aim topromote impartial scientific advice.

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CHAPTER VI

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 25

Implementing measures

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regu-lation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedurereferred to in Article 27(2).

Article 26

Monitoring

The Commission, in association with the STECF, shall monitorthe progress of the national programmes in the Committee forFisheries and Aquaculture established by Article 30 of Regu-lation (EC) No 2371/2002 (hereinafter referred to as theCommittee).

Article 27

Committee

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

3. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

Article 28

Repeal

1. Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 is hereby repealed witheffect from 1 January 2009. However, the repealed provisionsshall remain applicable for national programmes approvedbefore 31 December 2008.

2. Reference to the repealed Regulation shall be construed asreferences to this Regulation and shall be read in accordancewith the correlation table set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 29

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh dayfollowing its publication in the Official Journal of the EuropeanUnion.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentA. VIZJAK

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ANNEX

Correlation table

Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 Regulation (EC) No 199/2008

Article 1 Article 1

Article 2 Article 2

Article 3 Article 3, 4, 5

Article 4 Article 15

Article 5 Article 3, 25

Article 6 Article 4, 8

Article 7 Article 13, 18

Article 8 Article 25, 26

Article 9 Article 27

Article 10 Article 26

Article 11 Article 29

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 200/2008

of 4 March 2008

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit andvegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules ofCouncil Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and(EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and inparticular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant tothe outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral tradenegotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes

the standard values for imports from third countries, inrespect of the products and periods stipulated in theAnnex thereto.

(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standardimport values must be fixed at the levels set out in theAnnex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regu-lation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in theAnnex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the CommissionJean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture andRural Development

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(1) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.

ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 4 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entryprice of certain fruit and vegetables

(EUR/100 kg)

CN code Third country code (1) Standard import value

0702 00 00 JO 69,6MA 51,8TN 120,5TR 143,2ZZ 96,3

0707 00 05 EG 244,4JO 190,5MA 114,7TR 198,4ZZ 187,0

0709 90 70 MA 92,7TR 167,2ZZ 130,0

0805 10 20 EG 45,4IL 53,4MA 51,9TN 50,1TR 97,1ZZ 59,6

0805 50 10 EG 95,9IL 110,0SY 56,4TR 123,4ZZ 96,4

0808 10 80 AR 97,3CA 77,9CN 92,3MK 42,4US 107,6UY 89,9ZZ 84,6

0808 20 50 AR 80,9CL 67,2CN 51,9US 123,2ZA 103,0ZZ 85,2

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘ofother origin’.

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 201/2008

of 4 March 2008

amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in thesugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of20 February 2006 on the common organisation of themarkets in the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implemen-tation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regardstrade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and inparticular of the Article 36,

Whereas:

(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicableto imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups

for the 2007/08 marketing year are fixed by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 1109/2007 (3). These prices andduties have been last amended by Commission Regu-lation (EC) No 137/2008 (4).

(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicatethat the said amounts should be changed in accordancewith the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation(EC) No 951/2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The representative prices and additional duties on imports ofthe products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the2007/08 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in theAnnex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the CommissionJean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture andRural Development

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(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC)No 318/2006 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007(OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 October 2008.

(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regu-lation (EC) No 1568/2007 (OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 62).

(3) OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 5.(4) OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 7.

ANNEX

Amended representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar andproducts covered by CN code 1702 90 95 applicable from 5 March 2008

(EUR)

CN code Representative price per 100 kg of theproduct concerned

Additional duty per 100 kg of the productconcerned

1701 11 10 (1) 25,86 3,53

1701 11 90 (1) 25,86 8,60

1701 12 10 (1) 25,86 3,39

1701 12 90 (1) 25,86 8,17

1701 91 00 (2) 24,93 12,96

1701 99 10 (2) 24,93 8,25

1701 99 90 (2) 24,93 8,25

1702 90 95 (3) 0,25 0,40

(1) Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.III to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1).(2) Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.II to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.(3) Fixed per 1 % sucrose content.

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 202/2008

of 4 March 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regardsthe number and names of the Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying downthe general principles and requirements of food law, establishingthe European Food Safety Authority and laying downprocedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular thesecond subparagraph of Article 28(4) thereof,

Having regard to the request submitted by the European FoodSafety Authority on 12 September 2007,

Whereas

(1) The Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aidsand materials in contact with food is a key element ofthe safety of the food chain and consumer protection.

(2) Experience demonstrates that, since its creation that Panelhas received almost 50 % of the total number ofmandates sent to the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA). Despite the adoption of a high number ofscientific opinions per year, the Panel faces difficultiesin managing its workload.

(3) It is expected that the number of mandates received bythe Panel will increase in the future with the adoption ofnew vertical legislation in the area of vitamins andminerals added to foods and on food additives,flavourings, and food enzymes.

(4) It is therefore necessary to replace that Panel by two newPanels named respectively ‘the Panel on food additivesand nutrient sources added to food’ and ‘the Panel onfood contact materials, enzymes, flavourings andprocessing aids’.

(5) The division of responsibilities between the two newPanels should aim at ensuring that the expertise ofeach Panel corresponds to their respective field ofcompetence and contributes to a better balance of thework. The procedures governing the EFSA ScientificCommittee and Panels should guarantee flexible coordi-nation and harmonised methods.

(6) Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 should therefore beamended accordingly.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the StandingCommittee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 the first sub-paragraph is amended as follows:

1. point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) the Panel on food additives and nutrient sources added tofood;’

2. the following new point (j) is added:

‘(j) the Panel on food contact materials, enzymes, flavourings,and processing aids’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day followingthat of its publication in the Official Journal of the EuropeanUnion.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the CommissionAndroulla VASSILIOU

Member of the Commission

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(1) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100, 8.4.2006, p. 3).

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 203/2008

of 4 March 2008

amending Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedurefor the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of

animal origin, as regards gamithromycin

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for theestablishment of maximum residue limits of veterinarymedicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (1), and inparticular the third paragraph of Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the European MedicinesAgency formulated by the Committee for Medicinal Productsfor Veterinary Use,

Whereas:

(1) All pharmacologically active substances used in theCommunity in veterinary medicinal products intendedfor food-producing animals should be evaluated inaccordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.

(2) An application for establishing maximum residue limits(hereinafter MRLs) for gamithromycin, an antibioticbelonging to the group of macrolides, has beensubmitted to the European Medicines Agency. In itsfirst opinion the Committee for Medicinal Products forVeterinary Use (hereinafter CVMP) established an overallacceptable daily intake (hereinafter ADI) of 370μg/person as the basis for the MRL calculation. It wasbased on the microbiological ADI. MRLs for kidney andliver were fixed at 100 respectively 200 μg/kg. Theapplicant introduced an appeal against the first opinion,disagreeing with the established microbiological ADI aswell as with the MRLs set by the CVMP for liver andkidney. He requested to change the overall ADI to 600μg/person, which corresponded to the toxicological ADI.Furthermore, he requested that, if the overall ADI shouldnot be changed to 600 μg/person, the CVMP considerreducing the MRLs for kidney and liver by half. Havingconsidered the appeal, the CVMP agreed in its finalopinion to change the microbiological ADI and, thus,

to amend the overall ADI for gamithromycin to 600μg/person. CVMP decided that provisional maximumresidue limits should be established for gamithromycin.As a consequence, it is found appropriate to insert thatsubstance in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90for bovine species, for fat, liver and kidney, excludinganimals producing milk for human consumption. Theprovisional maximum residue limits will expire on1 July 2009.

(3) Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 should therefore beamended accordingly.

(4) An adequate period should be allowed before the appli-cability of this Regulation in order to enable MemberStates to make any necessary adjustment in the light ofthis Regulation to the authorisations to place theveterinary medicinal products concerned on the marketwhich have been granted in accordance with Directive2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of theCouncil of 6 November 2001 on the Community coderelating to veterinary medicinal products (2).

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the StandingCommittee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is amended inaccordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day followingthat of its publication in the Official Journal of the EuropeanUnion.

It shall apply from 5 May 2008.

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(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended byCommission Regulation (EC) No 61/2008 (OJ L 22, 25.1.2008,p. 8).

(2) OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive2004/28/EC (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 58).

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the CommissionGünter VERHEUGEN

Vice-President

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 204/2008

of 4 March 2008

fixing the import duties applicable to semi-milled and wholly milled rice from 5 March 2008

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of themarket in rice (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Based on the information transmitted by the competentauthorities, the Commission notes that import licencesfor semi-milled or wholly milled rice falling within CNcode 1006 30 have been issued in respect of 192 418tonnes for the period from 1 September 2007 to29 February 2008. The import duty for semi-milledand wholly milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30must therefore be adjusted.

(2) As the applicable duty must be fixed within 10 days ofthe end of the period mentioned above. This Regulationshould come into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The import duty for semi-milled and wholly milled rice fallingwithin CN code 1006 30 shall be EUR 175 per tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the CommissionJean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture andRural Development

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(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regu-lation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1). Regulation(EC) No 1785/2003 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as of 1 September 2008.

II

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic ofMaldives on certain aspects of air services

(2008/188/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunctionwith the first sentence of the first subparagraph ofArticle 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council authorised theCommission to open negotiations with third countrieson the replacement of certain provisions in existingbilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2) On behalf of the Community, the Commission has nego-tiated an Agreement with the Republic of Maldives oncertain aspects of air services in accordance with themechanisms and directives in the Annex to theDecision of 5 June 2003.

(3) The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Communitysubject to its possible conclusion at a later date, inaccordance with Council Decision 2006/695/EC (2).

(4) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theRepublic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services ishereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designatethe person(s) empowered to make the notification provided forin Article 9(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

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(1) Opinion of 12.10.2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).(2) OJ L 286, 17.10.2006, p. 19.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government ofGeorgia on certain aspects of air services

(2008/189/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2), in conjunctionwith Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraphthereof and Article 300(3), first subparagraph,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council has authorisedthe Commission to open negotiations with thirdcountries on the replacement of certain provisions inexisting bilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of theCommunity an agreement with Georgia on certainaspects of air services in accordance with themechanisms and directives in the Annex to theDecision of 5 June 2003.

(3) The Agreement has been signed on behalf of theCommunity subject to its possible conclusion at alater date, in accordance with Council Decision2006/357/EC (2).

(4) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theGovernment of Georgia on certain aspects of air services isapproved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The president of the Council is authorised to designate theperson empowered to make the notification provided inArticle 8.1 of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/23

(1) Opinion of 6 September 2005 (not yet published in the OfficialJournal). (2) OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 23.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic ofMoldova on certain aspects of air services

(2008/190/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunctionwith the first sentence of the first subparagraph ofArticle 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council authorised theCommission to open negotiations with third countrieson the replacement of certain provisions in existingbilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2) On behalf of the Community, the Commission has nego-tiated an agreement with the Republic of Moldova oncertain aspects of air services in accordance with themechanisms and directives in the Annex to theDecision of 5 June 2003.

(3) The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Communitysubject to its possible conclusion at a later date, inaccordance with Council Decision 2006/345/EC (2).

(4) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theRepublic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services ishereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designatethe person(s) empowered to make the notification provided forin Article 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

ENL 60/24 Official Journal of the European Union 5.3.2008

(1) Opinion of 16 May 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 126, 13.5.2006, p. 23.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic ofLebanon on certain aspects of air services

(2008/191/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2), in conjunctionwith Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraphthereof and Article 300(3), first subparagraph,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council has authorisedthe Commission on 5 June 2003 to open negotiationswith third countries on the replacement of certainprovisions in existing bilateral agreements by aCommunity agreement.

(2) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of theCommunity an agreement with the Republic ofLebanon on certain aspects of air services in accordancewith the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to theDecision of 5 June 2003.

(3) The agreement has been signed on behalf of theCommunity subject to its possible conclusion at a laterdate, in conformity with Council Decision2006/543/EC (2).

(4) The agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The agreement between the European Community and theRepublic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services isapproved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The president of the Council is authorised to designate theperson empowered to make the notification provided inArticle 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/25

(1) Opinion of 6 September 2005 (not yet published in the OfficialJournal). (2) OJ L 215, 5.8.2006, p. 15.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Eastern Republic ofUruguay on certain aspects of air services

(2008/192/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2), in conjunctionwith Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph,and Article 300(3), first subparagraph,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council has authorisedthe Commission to open negotiations with thirdcountries on the replacement of certain provisions inexisting bilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2) The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of theCommunity, an agreement with the Eastern Republic ofUruguay on certain aspects of air services in accordancewith the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to theDecision of 5 June 2003.

(3) The Agreement has been signed on behalf of theCommunity subject to its possible conclusion at a later

date, in accordance with Council Decision2006/848/EC (2).

(4) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theEastern Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air servicesis hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate theperson empowered to make the notification provided inArticle 9(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

ENL 60/26 Official Journal of the European Union 5.3.2008

(1) Opinion of 12 October 2006 (not yet published in the OfficialJournal). (2) OJ L 330, 28.11.2006, p. 18.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatiaon certain aspects of air services

(2008/193/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2), in conjunctionwith the first sentence of the first subparagraph ofArticle 300(2), and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council authorised theCommission to open negotiations with third countrieson the replacement of certain provisions in existingbilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(2) On behalf of the Community the Commission has nego-tiated an agreement with the Republic of Croatia oncertain aspects of air services in accordance with themechanisms and directives in the Annex to thedecision of 5 June 2003.

(3) This Agreement was signed on behalf of the Communitysubject to its possible conclusion at a later date, inaccordance with Council Decision 2006/370/EC (2).

(4) This Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The agreement between the European Community and theRepublic of Croatia on certain aspects of air services isapproved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate theperson empowered to make the notification provided inArticle 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/27

(1) Opinion of 27 September 2005 (not yet published in the OfficialJournal). (2) OJ L 136, 24.5.2006, p. 31.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of theRepublic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services

(2008/194/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunctionwith the first sentence of the first subparagraph ofArticle 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) By a decision of 5 June 2003, the Council authorised theCommission to open negotiations with third countrieson the replacement of certain provisions in existingbilateral agreements by a Community Agreement.

(2) On behalf of the Community, the Commission has nego-tiated an Agreement with the Government of theRepublic of Singapore on certain aspects of air servicesin accordance with the mechanisms and directives in theAnnex to the decision of 5 June 2003.

(3) The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Communitysubject to its possible conclusion at a later date, inaccordance with Council Decision 2006/592/EC (2).

(4) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theGovernment of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspectsof air services is approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designatethe person empowered to make the notification provided for inArticle 7(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

ENL 60/28 Official Journal of the European Union 5.3.2008

(1) Opinion of 12 October 2006 (not yet published in the OfficialJournal). (2) OJ L 243, 6.9.2006, p. 21.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kyrgyz Republicon certain aspects of air services

(2008/195/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunctionwith the first sentence of the first subparagraph ofArticle 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commissionto open negotiations with third countries on the re-placement of certain provisions in existing bilateralagreements with a Community agreement.

(2) The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of theCommunity, an Agreement with the Kyrgyz Republicon certain aspects of air services (the Agreement) inaccordance with the mechanisms and directives in theAnnex to the Council Decision authorising theCommission to open negotiations with third countrieson the replacement of certain provisions in existingbilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(3) The agreement was signed on behalf of the EuropeanCommunity subject to its possible conclusion at a laterdate, in accordance with Council Decision2007/470/EC (1).

(4) The agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theKyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services is herebyapproved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate theperson empowered to make the notification provided for inArticle 9.1 of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/29

(1) OJ L 179, 7.7.2007, p. 38.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government ofMalaysia on certain aspects of air services

(2008/196/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunctionwith the first sentence of the first subparagraph ofArticle 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commissionto open negotiations with third countries on the re-placement of certain provisions in existing bilateralagreements with a Community agreement.

(2) The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of theCommunity, an Agreement with the Government ofMalaysia on certain aspects of air services (theAgreement) in accordance with the mechanisms anddirectives in the Annex to the Council Decisionauthorising the Commission to open negotiations withthird countries on the replacement of certain provisionsin existing bilateral agreements with a Communityagreement.

(3) The Agreement was signed on behalf of the EuropeanCommunity subject to its possible conclusion at a laterdate, in accordance with Decision 2007/210/EC (1).

(4) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theGovernment of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services ishereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate theperson empowered to make the notification provided for inArticle 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

ENL 60/30 Official Journal of the European Union 5.3.2008

(1) OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 26.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic ofParaguay on certain aspects of air services

(2008/197/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunctionwith the first sentence of the first subparagraph ofArticle 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commissionto open negotiations with third countries on the re-placement of certain provisions in existing bilateralagreements with a Community agreement.

(2) The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of theCommunity, an Agreement with the Republic ofParaguay on certain aspects of air services (theAgreement) in accordance with the mechanisms anddirectives in the Annex to the Council Decisionauthorising the Commission to open negotiations withthird countries on the replacement of certain provisionsin existing bilateral agreements with a Communityagreement.

(3) The Agreement was signed on behalf of the EuropeanCommunity subject to its possible conclusion at a laterdate, in accordance with Council Decision2007/323/EC (1).

(4) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theRepublic of Paraguay on certain aspects of air services ishereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate theperson empowered to make the notification provided for inArticle 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/31

(1) OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 30.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services

(2008/198/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 80, paragraph 2, inconjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraphof Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commissionto open negotiations with third countries on the re-placement of certain provisions in existing bilateralagreements with a Community agreement.

(2) The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of theCommunity, an agreement with the former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services(the Agreement) in accordance with the mechanisms anddirectives in the Annex to the Council Decisionauthorising the Commission to open negotiations withthird countries on the replacement of certain provisionsin existing bilateral agreements with a Communityagreement.

(3) The Agreement was signed on behalf of the EuropeanCommunity, subject to its possible conclusion at a laterdate, in accordance with Decision 2006/550/EC (1).

(4) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects ofair services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The president of the Council is authorised to designate theperson empowered to make the notification provided inArticle 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. RUPEL

ENL 60/32 Official Journal of the European Union 5.3.2008

(1) OJ L 217, 8.8.2006, p. 16.

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 February 2008

on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an associationbetween the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the ArabRepublic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria

and Romania to the European Union

(2008/199/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction withthe second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, and in particularArticle 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean AssociationAgreement establishing an association between theEuropean Communities and their Member States, of theone part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the otherpart, to take account of the accession of the Republic ofBulgaria and Romania to the European Union, wassigned on behalf of the European Community and itsMember States on 26 November 2007.

(2) The Protocol should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishingan association between the European Communities and theirMember States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic ofEgypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession ofthe Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the EuropeanUnion (1), is hereby approved on behalf of the EuropeanCommunity and its Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2008.

For the CouncilThe PresidentD. MATE

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/33

(1) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 33.

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 February 2008

terminating the examination procedure concerning trade practices maintained by Argentina inrelation to the imports of textile and clothing products

(2008/200/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 of22 December 1994 laying down Community procedures inthe field of the common commercial policy in order toensure the exercise of the Community's rights under inter-national trade rules, in particular those established under theauspices of the World Trade Organisation (1), and in particularArticles 11 (1) thereof,

Whereas:

A. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

(1) On 11 October 1999, Euratex (European Apparel andTextile Organisation) lodged a complaint underArticle 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 (here-inafter the Regulation) on behalf of those of its memberswhich export to Argentina or wish to do so.

(2) The complainant alleged that the Community sales oftextile and clothing products in Argentina werehindered by obstacles to trade within the meaning ofArticle 2(1) of the Regulation, i.e. ‘a practice adoptedor maintained by a third country and in respect ofwhich international trade rules establish a right ofaction’. The alleged obstacles to trade were the following.

(a) pre-shipment inspection and minimum customsvalues,

(b) excessive requirements for certificates of origin,

(c) requirement to submit a Declaration Form onProduct Composition,

(d) excessively burdensome labelling requirement,

(e) statistical tax and discriminatory VAT.

(3) The complainant also claimed that these practices werecausing adverse trade effects within the meaning ofArticle 2(4) of the Regulation.

(4) The Commission decided therefore, after consultation ofthe Advisory Committee established by the Regulation,that there was sufficient evidence to justify initiating anexamination procedure for the purpose of consideringthe legal and factual issues involved. Consequently, anexamination procedure was initiated on 27 November1999 (2).

B. THE FINDINGS OF THE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

(5) In 2000, the investigation concluded on the certificate oforigin that the burdensome requirements appeared toinfringe Article VIII.3 and X of GATT 1994,Article 7.1 of the WTO Agreement on Textiles andClothing and to contravene the recommendations ofArticle VIII.1(c) of GATT 1994. The measures onlabelling requirements appeared to violate Article 2.2 ofthe WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade andto contravene the recommendations of Article VIII.1(c) ofGATT 1994. As regards the requirements of theDeclaration Form On Product Composition, theyappeared to be in breach of Article 2 of the WTOAgreement on Import Licensing Procedures. As for theprocedure for controlling the customs value, theCommission services could not express a definitiveposition due to the recent introduction of a new lawregulating this matter. On the pre-shipment inspectionissue, no violation of any particular provision of theWTO Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection could befound. However, it did not appear to adhere to thepurpose and spirit of the Agreement. Finally, noviolation of WTO rules had been identified withrespect to the statistical tax, and the issue of the dis-criminatory VAT was already addressed in the contextof another TBR procedure concerning the import offinished leather in Argentina (3).

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(1) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 71. Regulation as amended by Regulation(EC) No 356/95 (OJ L 41, 23.2.1995, p. 3).

(2) OJ C 340, 27.11.1999, p. 70.(3) OJ L 295, 4.11.1998, p. 46.

(6) The investigation also concluded that the investigatedmeasures had cumulatively caused or threaten to causeadverse effects within the meaning of Article 2(4) of theRegulation.

C. DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE END OF THEINVESTIGATION

(7) Following the investigation, discussions took place overthe years with the Argentinean authorities with the aimof achieving an amicable settlement eliminating orgradually easing the above trade barriers.

(8) With regard to customs valuation practices, the situationhas improved over the last years. Transparency hasimproved while European manufacturers and exporterscan participate in the determination of the indicativevalues for customs valuation. Pre-shipment inspectionhas been eliminated, and the requirement of aDeclaration Form on Products Composition does notappear to create any problem to exporters.

(9) On the question of the certificate of origin, substantialprogress was achieved through the adoption of InstruccionGeneral No 9/2002 de la Direccion General de Aduanas on8 February 2002. Until recently, the main remainingobstacle to trade faced by the European industry wasthe requirement, in the case of triangular trade, toprovide the Argentinean authorities not only with thecertificate of origin but also with the invoice betweenthe producer of the goods originating in a thirdcountry and the exporter in the country of shipping,thereby raising concerns of confidentiality on theoriginal transaction. Through the adoption of NotaExternal No 3/07 of the Administracion Federal de IngresosPublicos (Subdireccion general tecnico legal aduanera),Argentina effectively repealed the requirement ofproviding a copy of the original invoice, which is nowreplaced by a certificate issued by the competent auth-orities of the country of shipment, e.g. a Chamber ofCommerce, and then legalised in the country ofshipment by the Argentinean consulate.

(10) With regard to the labelling requirements linked to thecompulsory sewing of fiscal stamps, the Argentineanauthorities provided information according to whichthe costs of such requirement compared to the valueof the shipment is very limited. It thus appears that thepossible adverse effects of this remaining obstacle totrade do not have and cannot have a material impacton the economy of the Community or of a region ofthe Community, or on the textile-producing sectortherein.

D. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

(11) In view of the above analysis, it is considered that theexamination procedure has led to a satisfactory situationwith regard to the obstacles that faced the trade asalleged in the complaint lodged by Euratex, or that, inthe case of the sewing of fiscal stamps, the investigatedmeasure does not have on its own a material impact onthe textile-producing regions of the EuropeanCommunity. The examination procedure shouldtherefore be terminated in accordance withArticle 11(1) of the Regulation.

(12) The Advisory Committee has been consulted on themeasures provided for in this Decision,

HAS DECIDED:

Sole Article

The examination procedure concerning measures imposed byArgentina in relation to the imports of textile and clothingproducts is hereby terminated.

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2008.

For the CommissionPeter MANDELSON

Member of the Commission

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 February 2008

designating the Community Fisheries Control Agency as the body to carry out certain tasks underRegulation (EC) No 1042/2006 and amending Decision 2007/166/EC adopting the list of Community

fisheries inspectors and inspection means

(2008/201/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi-tation of fisheries resources under the Common FisheriesPolicy (1), and in particular Article 28(4) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006of 7 July 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implemen-tation of Article 28(3) and (4) of Council Regulation (EC) No2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation offisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (2), andin particular Articles 2(2), 3(4), 4(5), 6(4), 8(3) and 9(4) thereof,

Having regard to the appointments of Community inspectorsand inspection means notified by Member States,

Whereas:

(1) Articles 2(2), 3(4), 4(5), 6(4), 8(3) and 9(4) of Regulation(EC) No 1042/2006 empower the Commission todesignate a body for the purposes determined in thoseArticles.

(2) Pursuant to Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a CommunityFisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC)No 284/93 establishing a control system applicable tothe common fisheries policy (3) the missions of theCommunity Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) are, interalia, to assist Member States in reporting information onfishing activities and control and inspection activities tothe Commission and to contribute to the work of themember States and the Commission on research into anddevelopment of control and inspection techniques.

(3) The CFCA should therefore be designated as the bodyreferred to in Articles 2(2), 3(4), 4(5), 6(4), 8(3) and 9(4)of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006.

(4) Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006 providesthat after the establishment of the initial list ofCommunity inspectors and inspection means authorisedto carry out inspections in accordance with Article 28(4)of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, the Commission shallamend the list by 31 December each year on the basis ofmodifications notified by the Member States.

(5) It is therefore necessary to amend the list of Communityinspectors and inspection means adopted by CommissionDecision 2007/166/EC (4).

(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are inaccordance with the opinion of the Committee forFisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) shall be thebody designated to:

(a) receive decisions on authorisations in accordance withArticle 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(b) act as contact point in accordance with Article 3(4) ofRegulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(c) request and receive reports in accordance with Article 4(5)of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(d) publish the list of Community inspectors and inspectionmeans, and modifications thereto, in accordance withArticle 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

ENL 60/36 Official Journal of the European Union 5.3.2008

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation as amended by Regulation(EC) No 865/2007 (OJ L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 14.(3) OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1. (4) OJ L 76, 16.3.2007, p. 22.

(e) issue identification documents in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(f) request and receive reports in accordance with Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006.

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 2007/166/EC shall be replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2008.

For the CommissionJoe BORG

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Country Inspectors Inspection vessels Inspection aircraft Other inspection means

Belgium Casier, MaartenDe Vleeschouwer, GuyDevogel, GeertLieben, Richard

BNS STERNBNS VALCKEBNS ALBATROSDAB ZEEHOND

OO-MMM

Bulgaria Angelov Kamenov, VladimirApostolov Kumurdgiev, KirilDobrinov Tanev, Stanimir

NAFA 1NAFA 2NAFA 22

Cyprus Avgousti, AntonisKaragiannis, ChristosKyriakou, KyriakosMichail, MichalisNikolaou, NikolasPapadopoulos, AndreasSophokleous, Maria

AMMOCHOSTOSGORGOALKYONAMFITRITI

5 vehicles

Denmark Akselsen, OleAndersen, BentAndersen, Jesper SandagerAndersen, Lars OleAndersen, MogensAndersen, NielsAndersen, Peter BunkAnderson, JacobAufeldt, Lasse OttoBacke, RenéBarrit, JørgenBeck, Bjarne BaagøBendtsen, Finn JørgenBendtsen, LarsBernholm, KristianBirkenborg, PernilleBrølling, Eigil ToftBaadsgård, JørgenCarl, MortenChristoffersen, FlemmingChristensen, FrantzChristensen, Jesper JustChristensen, PeterChristensen, ThomasDamsgaard, KristenDegn, JesperDølling, RobertEbert, ThomasElnef, Frank GodtEriksen, Lars BondeFick, CarstenFrederiksen, Torben BroeGrønkjær, OleGaarde, BørgeHandrup, JacobHansen, Bruno EllekærHansen, GunnarHansen, Jan DuvalHansen, Martin

VESTKYSTENNORDSØENHAVØRNENHAVTERNEN

ENL 60/38 Official Journal of the European Union 5.3.2008

Country Inspectors Inspection vessels Inspection aircraft Other inspection means

Hansen, OleHeldager, PeterHestbek, FlemmingHøi, JesperHøjrup, TorbenJaeger, Michael WassermannJensen, Anders ChristerJensen, Anker MarkJensen, Hanne JuulJensen, Jimmy LangelundJensen, Jonas KrøyerJensen, Jørgen UthJensen, Lars HenrikJensen, LoneJensen, Poul ErikJensen, René SandholtJensen, TommyJohansen, AllanJuul, AxelJuul, TorbenJørgensen, KristianJørgensen, Ole HolmbergKarlsen, JesperKnudsen, MaleneKnudsen, NielsKnudsen, OleKokholm, PederKristensen, HenrikKristensen, Jeanne MarieKristensen, Peter HolmgaardLange, Rune KjærgaardLarsen, MichaelLarsen, Peter HjortLarsen, Tim BondeLundbæk, TommyMadsen, Jens ErikMadsen, JohnnyMogensen, ErikMotzfeldt, Dan HøeghMøller, GertNielsen, ChristianNielsen, Dan RandumNielsen, GunnerNielsen, Hans HenrikNielsen, Henrik FrüsthückNielsen, JeppeNielsen, Kim TageNielsen, Niels KristianNielsen, SteenNielsen, SørenNielsen, Trine FrisNørgaard, MaxPedersen, KennethPedersen, Kurt BennyPedersen, Preben ToftPetersen, JimmyPorsmose, Tommy

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/39

Country Inspectors Inspection vessels Inspection aircraft Other inspection means

Poulsen, BuePoulsen, JohnRasmussen, TimRisager, PrebenRømer, KimSchou, KasperSchultz, FlemmingSeibæk, HelgeSiegumfeldt, JeanetteSimonsen, MortenSkrivergaard, LennartSkaaning, PerSørensen, WillyThomsen, BjarneThomsen, KlausThorsen, MichaelTrab, Jens OleVistrup, Annette KlarlundWille, ClausWind, Bernt PaulAasted, Lars Jerne

Estonia Grigorjev, MaitGrosmann, MeitKekkonen, JannoKutsar, AndresKõue, GunnarLasn, MargusNiinemaa, EndelUlla, IndrekVarblane, ViljarVipp, Heino

KatiKõuMaruPikkerTormValvasVapper

Enstrom 480BMI-8L-410

Kulkuri 34: AMA 220Kulkuri 34: AMA 906Kulkuri 34: AMA 518

Finland Heikkinen, PerttiHiltunen, JouniKomulainen, UntoKoivisto, KareKoskenala, TimoKoskinen, AkiLähde, JukkaLinder, JukkaNikiforow, MikaelMalin, MikkoSundqvist, LarsSuominen, AriSuominen, PaavoUlenius, NiklasYlönen, Camilla

MerikarhuTursasUisko

Dornier OH-MVNDornier OH-MVH

France Baron, PhilippeBigot, Jean-PaulBon, PhilippeChang Pi Hin, EmilienChapel, VincentChrist, HervéCrochard, ThierryFortier, Eric

VCSM EscautVCSM YserVCSM ScarpeVCSM EsteronPCG GéraniumPATRA GlaivePSP FlamantPSP Pluvier

2 Dauphins ofpublic serviceNord 262Falcon 50 MarineAlouette IIILynxPanther3 Reims-AviationF 406

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Hudela, EmmanuelIsore, PascalJeany, MaximeLe Cousin, Jean-LucRichard, Jean-FrançoisSanson, FabienVillenave, Patrick

PSP CormoranVCSM Aber VrachVCSM PenfeldVCSM ElornVCSM SèvreVCSM VertonneVCSM TrieuxVCSM CharenteVCSM AdourPATRA EpéePSP SterneP400 La GracieuseVCSM OdetVCSM TechVCSM MauryVCSM HuveauneVCSM ArgensVCSM VésubieVCSM HéraultVCSM GravonaPSP AragoPSP GrebeBâtiment ALFANKAN AN AVELTHEMISIRIS

Germany Abs, VolkerAckermann, MichaelAppelmans, JürgenArndt, OliverBaumann, JörgBembenek, JörgBergmann, UdoBieder, MathiasBigalski, Hans-GeorgBirkholz, RüdigerBloch, RalfBösherz, AndreasBrunnlieb, JürgenCarstensen, LutzCassens, EnnoChristiansen, DirkCordes, ReinerDörbrandt, StefanDrenkhan, MichaelEhlers, KlausEngelbrecht, SaschaErdmann, ChristianFranke, HermannFranz, MartinGarbe, RobertHänse, DirkHansen, HagenHeidkamp, MaxHeisler, LarsHerda, HeinrichHickmann, Michael

SYLTHELGOLANDEIDERGLÜCKSSBURGFALSHÖFTFEHMARNGREIFBREMERHAVENEMDENHAMBURGHIDDENSEEKNIEPSANDMEERKATZEPRIWALLRÜGENSCHL.HOLSTEINSEEADLERSEEFALKEGRAUBUTTSTEINBUTTGOLDBUTT

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/41

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Homeister, AlfredHoyer, OliverJens, BerndKaczenski, BernhardKersten, MickelKind, Karl-HeinzKnutzen, StefanKollath, MarkKöhn, ThorstenKrüger, MartinLinke, Hans-HerbertLührs, CarstenMücher, MartinNöckel, SteffenOltmann, JensPauls, WernerPerkuhn, MartinRaabe, KarstenRamm, JörgReimers, AndréRutz, DietmarSauerwein, DirkSchmidt, HaraldSchröder, LasseSchuler, ClaasSkrey, ErichSlabik, PeterSpringer, GunnarSturm, JochenSween, GormThieme, StefanThomas, RaikTiedemann, HaraldVierk, MatthiasWelz, OliverWelz, HenningWelz-Juhl, Hans-JoachimWichert, PeterWolken, Hans

Greece Παπαλεονάρδος Δημοσθένης

Γασπαράτος Σωκράτης

Ξυπνητού Βασιλική

Κανδυλιώτης Νικόλαος

Κουζίλου Σταυρούλα

Αργυρακοπούλου Αικατερίνη

Αδαμοπούλου Γεωργία

Ηλιάδης Νικόλαος

Τοπάλογλου Κωνσταντίνος

Ακριβός Δημήτριος

Καλογήρου Νικόλαος

Αργυρίου Γεωργία

Γαλανούλη Ιωάννα

Παπακωνσταντίνου Νικόλαος

Μπουλακάκης Ευάγγελος

Βυργιώτης Νικόλαος

Πασσαδής Νικόλαος

ΛΣ 060ΛΣ 139ΛΣ 169ΛΣ 172

AC 23AC 3

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Χαμαλίδης Βασίλειος

Γιαννούσης Βασίλειος

Ουζούνογλου Ραλλού

Σλανκίδης Βασίλειος

Κιλέτση Στυλιανή

Βαρθής Νικόλαος

Γανωτής Κωνσταντίνος

Βελισσαρόπουλος Ευάγγελος

Καπετανάκης Δημήτριος

Δεσποτάκη Σοφία

Τριαντάφυλλος Χρήστος

Δόντσιος Ευστράτιος

Μπραουδάκης Γεώργιος

Αλεξανδρόπουλος Ευστάθιος

Βασιλοπούλου Διονυσία

Τσάμης Χρήστος

Ζακυνθινός Κωνσταντίνος

Καπλάνης Γεώργιος

Χασανίδης Γεώργιος

Γαλούζης Γεώργιος

Λαΐνης Δημήτριος

Τσάρκος Παναγιώτης

Βουρλέτσης Σωτήριος

Κουλαξίδης Βασίλειος

Πέτρου Ευθύμιος

Βελισσαρόπουλος Αλέξανδρος

Ireland Allan, DamianAllen, PatrickAllison, JamesAnderson, KareenAnglim, BobbyArmstrong, StuartBarber, KevinBarrett, BrendanBarrett, ElizabethBarry, DaveBolger, DerekBoyle, JimmyBoyle, RonanBrandon, JJBrannigan, SteveBrett, MartinBrophy, PaulBrunicardi, MichaelBuckley, DavidBugler, AndrewBurke, PatBurke, StephenButler, DButler, JohnButler, PatriciaByrne, KennethCahalane, DonnchadhCampbell, StephenCarey, RonanCarr, Kieran

LE EMERLE AOIFELE AISLINGLE EITHNELE ORLALE CIARALE ROISINLE NIAMH

C-252C-253

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Casey, AnthonyChandler, FrankChute, KillianClaffey, SeamusClancy, MartinCleary, AidanCloake, NiallCoffey, KevinCogan, JerryColeman, TommyCollins, DamienConnery, PaulConnolly, MattCorish, CormacCorrigan, KieranCosgrove, KennethCosgrove, ThomasCotter, ColmCotter, JamieCoughlan, SusanCounihan, MartinCraven, CormacCronin, JamesCronin, MartinCrowley, BrianCummins, PaulCummins, WilliamCurran, SiobhanDaly, JJDaly, JoeDaly, MickDempsey, BrianDicker, PhilipDoherty, AnitaDoherty, JohnDoherty, PatDonaldson, StuartDownes, EamonDowning, EricaDowning, JohnDowning, MauriceDoyle, CronanDuane, PaulDucker, NigelDuffy, JohnFalvey, JohnFanning, GraceFarrell, BrianFennel, SiobhanFerguson, KevinFinegan, UltanFitzgerald, BrianFitzgerald, BrianFitzgerald, RichardFitzpatrick, GerardFlannery, KevinFleming, David

ENL 60/44 Official Journal of the European Union 5.3.2008

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Fleming, OwenFlynn, AlanFoley, BrendanForan, BryanFowler, PatrickFulton, GrantGallagher, DominickGallagher, NeilGallagher, OrlaithGallagher, PatrickGeraghty, TonyGernon, RossGleeson, MarieGormanly, BredaGoss, FrankGoulding, DonalGraepel, HugoGrant, WillieGreenwood, MarkGrogan, SuzanneHamilton, AlanHamilton, GregHamilton, KenHamilton, MartinHanley, RichardHannon, GaryHarding, JamesHarkin, PaddyHarrington, MichaelHarty, PaddyHayes, JosephHederman, JohnHeffernan, BernardHegarty, PaulHenson, MariaHevers, BrianHewson, KevinHickey, AdrianHickey, MickHobbins, TomHolland, KenHollingsworth, EdwardHumphries, DanielKavanagh, DouglasKearney, BrendanKearney, JohnKeeley, DaveKeirse, GavinKelly, DominicKelly, PaulKenneally, JonathanKennedy, TomKennelly, MickKeogh, MarkKerr, CharlieKinsella, GordonKirwan, Conor

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/45

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Kirwan, DarraghLaide, CathalLeahy, AlanLinehan, SeanLowry, TommyLynch frahill, GavinLynch, DarrenLynch, GerardLynch, GrainneLynch, RobbieMacGabhann, DeclanMackey, JohnMadden, BrendanMadine, StephenMaloney, NessaManning, NeilMatthews, BrianMc Carthy, GavinMc Carthy, JeromeMc Carthy, RobertMc Carthy, TadghMc Connell, ClodaghMc Cormack, DamienMc Court, ColmMc Garry, JohnMc Ginn, AodhMc Grath, MartinMc Groarty, JohnMc Groarty, MarkMc Keown, AmeliaMc Loughlin, RonanMc Nulty, PatMc Philbin, DwainMcGroary, PeterMcLoughlin, GerardMcLoughlin, JohnMcNamara, KennethMcUmphraigh, CaoimhinMellett, MarkMinehane, JohnMinehane, KenMooney, CarolineMoore, ConnorMoore, StephenMorrison, JoeMotyer, BrianMulcahy, JohnMulcahy, LiamMulcahy, StevenMullane, PaulMullery, AlanMullowney, OwenMundy, BrendanMurphy, BrianMurphy, ClaireMurphy, EndaMurphy, John

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Murran, SeanMurray, PaulNalty, ChristopherNavy, JohnNewstead, SeanNolan, BrianO Brien, PaulO Connor, DermotO Donovan, MichaelO Driscoll, OlanO Leary, StephenO Mahony, DavidO Sullivan, CormacO’Beirnes, DerekO’Brien, KenO’Brien, PaulO’Brien, RobertaO’Brien, TomO’Callaghan, DonalO’Connell, JamesO’Connell, PaulO’Connor, FrankO’Donnell, FrancisO’Donnell, GarvanO’Donnell, PearseO’Donnell, SeamusO’Donoghue, NiamhO’Donovan, DiarmuidO’Dowd, BrendanO’Driscoll, MarkO’Flynn, DannyO’Halloran, BarryO’Keeffe, OlanO’Leary, BrianO’Leary, DavidO’Mahony, DenisO’Neachtain, AonghusO’Neill, DonalO’Neill, ShaneO’Regan, AlanO’Regan, TonyO’Shea, ClionaO’Shea, JackO’Sullivan, AileenPatterson, AdriennePentony, DeclanPeyronnet, ArnaudPlante, TomPlunkett, ThomasPower, CathalPower, DeclanPower, GillianPrendergast, KevinPrice, PatPyne, AlanQuigley, DeclanQuinn, Mikey

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/47

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Reddin, TonyRice, KieranRidge, PatrickRobinson, JamesRogers, KevinRussell, MarkRyan, EPRynne, CormacScalici, FabioScanlon, PatrickScannell, KenShalloo, JimShields, BrianSmyth, EoinStack, StephenSweeney, BrianTarrant, MartinTigh, DeclanTimon, EricTortoise, ChasTouhy, TomTubridy, FergalTully, HughTurley, MarkTurnbull, MichaelTwomey, PeterTwomey, TomTyrell, WayneVallSenties, VirginiaVan Raesfealt, MarkVerling, RonanVivash, NigelWall, DannyWallace, EugeneWalsh, DaveWalsh, LarryWalsh, RichardWalsh, SteveWard, PaulWard, TerryWeldon, JamesWhelan, MarkWhelan, PaulWhelehan, JasonWhite, WilliamWickham, LarryWilmot, EmmetWilson, TonyWoodward, Ciaran

Italy Bizzarro, FedericoBurlando, Michele S.G.Carta, SebastianoFolliero, AlessandroMaltese, Franco MariaMorello, SalvatorePetrillo, Agostino

CP 901CP 902CP 903CP 904CP 905CP 906CP 276

MANTA 10-01MANTA 10-02ORCA 8-01ORCA 8-02ORCA 8-03ORCA 8-04ORCA 8-05

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Rivalta, FabioSalce, Paolo

CP 288CP 2039CP 2110CP 2094CP 2073CP 273CP 286CP 2077CP 2108CP 2087CP 271CP 284CP 2104CP 2046CP 2099CP 2074CP 267CP 280CP 2111CP 2082CP 2064CP 265CP 278CP 289CP 2097CP 2096CP 2079CP 268CP 281CP 2103CP 2053CP 2066CP 2071CP 2102CP 2080CP 2072CP 272CP 285CP 2098CP 2081CP 2086CP 274CP 2107CP 2085CP 287CP 2095CP 277CP 2084CP 266CP 279CP 2204CP 2088CP 2109CP 2203CP 269CP 275CP 282

ORCA 8-06ORCA 8-07ORCA 8-08ORCA 8-09ORCA 8-10ORCA 8-11ORCA 8-12KOALA 9-01KOALA 9-02KOALA 9-03KOALA 9-04KOALA 9-05KOALA 9-06KOALA 9-08

EN5.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 60/49

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CP 290CP 2201CP 2205CP 2093CP 2092CP 2202CP 2105CP 2106CP 283CP 291CP 2100CP 270CP 2101CP 2091CP 2075CP 292CP 2076CP 2058

Latvia Baruskovs, VladislavsBrants, JanisHolmstroms, ArtursKalejs, RudolfsKlagiss, FelikssLatkovska, JolantaLeja, JanisMillers, EdgarsNaumova, DainaPincuks, MaksimsPusilds, AigarsSavickis, HelmutsSkrube, JurisSprogis, EduardsVeinbergs, Miks

Piper SenecaPA-34-220TTiger AG-5B

Lithuania Babčionis, GenadijusBarlovskis, AndriusJonaitis, ArūnasLabanauskas, AivarasLendzbergas, ErlandasVaitkus, GiedriusVozgirdas, EduardasŽartun, Vitalij

RIB ‘Brig Falcon400L’VakarisTobis

Malta Aquilina, AudreyAxiaq, SaviourCamilleri, DavidCaruana, FransCauchi MarcoCremona, RusselCutajar, AlexDebono, JosephFarrugia, CharlesGrech, James.L.Hamilton, JohnMifsud, DanielNappa, Jason

P51P52P01P61

BN-2B: AS16BN-2B: AS19

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Sant, Jean PierreScerri, AngelinoScicluna, EtienneTabone, Alan

Netherlands Altorffer, WimArst, ChristianBakker, JanBastiaan, RobertBeij, WimBoone, Jan KeesDe Boer, MeindertDe Kort, MaartenDe Mol, GertDieke, RichardDuinstra, JacobFrankhuisen, GerritFreke, HansGroebe, PatHematyar Tabatabaie, FariborzJeurissen, MariaKarlas, TonnyKleinen, TomKoenen, GerardKraaijenoord, JaapKramer, WillemKrijnen, HansKwakman, JeroenLeenheer, AdrieMeijer, CorMiedema, AncoRos, MichelSchekkerman, CeesSchneider, LeendertSchoon, AnnekeTervelde, LexVan den Berg, DirkVan der Jeugd, RobVan der Molen, TonVan der Veer, SiemenVan Echten, JeanetVelt, ErnstVervoort, HansWeijtmans, PeterWijbenga, ArjanWijkhuisen, EddyZegel, GerritZevenbergen, JanZijlstra, Evelien

Barend Biesheuvel Vessels and aircraftsoperating under CoastGuard Flag VCC

Poland Bartczak, TomaszJamioł, WaldemarJóźwiak, MarekKozłowski, PiotrKucharski, TadeuszŁukasewicz, PawełŁuczkiewicz, TomaszNiewiadomski, Piotr

Nawigator XXIKontroler-18Kontroler-21Kontroler-25

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Nowak, WłodzimierzPatyk, KonradSkibior, SławomirSzumicki, TomaszWereszczyński, LeszekWiliński, Adam

Portugal Albuquerque, JoséBranco, FranciscoCamões, ManuelCanato, FranciscoDiogo, JoãoFerreira, CarlosFigueira, FernandoFonseca, ÁlvaroSilva, AntónioSilva, Ma JoãoTeixeira, Alexandre

NRP AFONSOCERQUEIRANRP ANTÓNIOENESNRP BATISTA DEANDRADENRP JACINTOCANDIDONRP JOÃOCOUTINHONRP JOÃO ROBYNRP PEREIRAD’ECA

C212/100: 16510C212/100: 16512C212/100: 16519C212/300: 17201C212/300: 17202EH101: 19607EH101: 19608

Slovenia Smoje, RobertSmoje, Vinko

Spain Alcade Gutiérrez, PedroÁguila Paneque, José LuísAmunarriz Emazabel, SebastiánAvedillo Contreras, BuenaVenturaBermúdez Pena, FranciscoBoy Carmona, EstherBoy Carmona, SaraBrotons Martínez, Jose J.Camacho Ayo, AlejandroCarro Martínez, PedroChamizo Catalán, CarlosCoello de Miguel, JavierCompany Balaguer, MíguelÁngelCriado Bará, BernardoDávila Rodríguez, Juan CarlosDe la Hoz Perles, MíguelDel Hierro Suánces, JavierDíaz Lago, TomásDurán Abuín, SantiagoFeito Fernández, CesáreoFerreño Matínez, Jose A.Fole López, Luís MariaFontán Aldereguía, Maria C.Fontán Aldereguia, ManuelFontanet Doménech, FelipeGarcía Asensio, MelchorGarcía Cánovas, FranciscoGarcía Domínguez, AlfonsoCarlosGarcía Gen, Juan RamónGarcía Simonet, CristinaGarrote Díaz, Enrique

CHILREUTARIFAALBORÁNARNOMENDIRÍO ANDARAXSALEMARÍO GUADIARORÍO FRANCOLÍ

DOÑANASANCTI PETRIROCHEALCOTÁN IIALCOTÁN IIIALCOTÁN IVALCOTÁN V

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Genovés Ferriols, José C.González Fernández, Manuel A.González Merayo, SergioGonzález Túñez, José ManuelGuijo Rodríguez, Luís CarlosGutiérrez Tudela, ManuelHeredia Arteaga, JorgeHernández Betzen, RobertoHierro Suanzes, Belén del.Hierro Suanzes, Maria del.León Carmona, ÁngelLestón Leal, Juan ManuelMarra-López Porta, JulioMartínez de la Sierra, JoséManuelMartínez González, JesúsMartínez Velasco, CarolinaMata Pena, AlbertoMayoral Vázquez, Gonzalo F.Medina García, EstebanMeijueiro Morado, VictorMéndez-Villamil Mata, MaríaMene Ramos, ÁngelMenéndez Fernández, Manuel J.Miranda Almón, FernandoMuiños López, Juan CarlosNieto Conde, FernandoOchando Ramos, Ana M.Orgueira Pérez, Ma VanesaOrtigueira Gil, Adolfo DanielPérez González, VirgilioPérez Quíles, Julián JavierPiñón Lourido, JesúsPrieto Estévez, LauraPuerta Baranda, RaúlRey Carríl, Camilo JoséRíos Cidras, ManuelRios Cidras, XoseRodríguez Moreno, AlbertoRodríguez Múñiz, José M.Rodríguez Novoa, SilviaRomero Insúa, JesúsRuiz Gómez, SoniaRuiz Valverde, AntonioSaavedra España, JesúsSáez Puig, PedroSan Claudio Pérez, José VicenteSánchez Fernández, ManuelPedroSánchez Rodríguez, JoaquínSánchez Sánchez, EsmeraldaSantos Maneiro, José TomásSantos Pinilla, BeatrizTeijeiro Teijeiro, AlbertoTenorio Rodríguez, José LuísTorre González, Miguel A.Torrejón Colón, José María

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Torres Pérez, José ÁngelTórtola López, José AntonioTubio Rodríguez, XoséVázquez Pérez, Juana Ma

Vega García, Francisco M.Vidal Cardalda, José ManuelVilla Martínez, Rafael AndrésYeregui Velasco, PabloZabala Silva, Laura M.

Sweden Åberg, ChristianAlmers, JohanAntonsson, Jan-EricAxelsson, BjarneBengtsson, DavidBerg, JonasBirgander, HaraldBlomqvist, AndersBraxenholm, TommyBühler, HannaCarlsson, ChristianCarlsson, KentCederholm, JanDahl, UlrikaDavidsson, StigDunmark, MatsEkersved, RogerElsrud, TomasEngerberg, JohanEnglund, RaymondEriksson, ÖrjanErlandsson, PerFalk, DavidFernström, BjörnForsberg, JeannetteHansén, KlasHansson, Stig-LennartHolm, MatsHolmberg, KjellHolmgren, DouglasHultemar, StaffanHultén, LarsJakobsson, MagnnusJansson, BengtJohansson, AndréJohansson, IngmarJohansson, ThomasJohnsson, KristinJohnsson, PerJönsson, Jan-ErikKarlsson, DanielKarlsson, Bengt-ÅkeLarsson, ChristofferLarsson, JesperLarsson, MatsLindahl, HåkanLindén, Roger

KBV 020KBV 048KBV 050KBV 051KBV 103KBV 181KBV 201KBV 202KBV 283KBV 286KBV 288KBV 301KBV 303KBV 307

KBV 501KBV 502KBV 503KBV 583KBV 587

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Lundberg, LarsLöfström, AndersMagnusson, MarianneMånsson, LeifMånsson, OlleMårtensson, PerNihlén, LinusNilsson, BirgittaNilsson, Jan-ÅkeNilsson, JoakimNorrby, TomOhlin, IngemarOlovsson, BoOlsson, KennethOlsson, LarsOlsson, PeterOlsson, SvenÖstlihn, GunnarPersson, AndréPersson, GöranPersson, MatsPettersson, AndersPetersson, ChristerPetersson, JanPhilipsson, GunnarPyk, StaffanRisberg, PatrikRobertsson, RolandRoosberg, HenrikRosén, Hans-ChristerRube, AnnRydberg, HåkanSamuelsson, NiklasSandberg, RolfSandblom, ÖrjanSchütz, EliasSelander, RoySjöberg, RubenSjövik, KristinaStröm, JonnaSundberg, CarolineSwahn, JohanSvensson, LarsTedvik, ArvidThuresson, Lars-GöranThälund, BoThörncrantz, OlofThörngren, JonasWeimenhög, PerWickbom, JanWimmer, AndersWisjö, PatrikWrangborn, Thomas

UnitedKingdom

Ainsley, AndrewAitken, AlisonAllen, Terry

HMS SEVERNHMS TYNEHMS MERSEY

WATCHDOG 64WATCHDOG 65WATCHDOG 71

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Austin, SimonBamford, KylieBanks, AndrewBayntun, DavidBell, Graham JohnBell, LewisBillson, CarolBlack, JoBoden, MichaelBrowne, MarcBryan, PaulBurnett, GraemeCarroll, DaveCharman, ColinClarke, IanCollins, TonyCook, DavidCorner, NigelCoyle, JamesCraig, Ian AlexanderCullum, WillDonnelly, Martin PeterDouglas, SeanDraper, PeterEbdy, JamesEdwards, PeterElliott, PhilipFeasey, IanFerguson, AdamFletcher, PaulFlint, TobyFord-Keyte, GrahamGardiner, KevinGarside, NickGooding, ColinGough, CallumGreen, David DuncanGrier, DerekGriffin, StuartGristwood, MalcolmHall, RyanHancock, JeremyHarris, WilliamHart, SteveHay, JohnHenderson, RodHepples, StephenHiggins, FrankHolbrook, JoannaHutchinson, NickIrish, RachelJamieson, MalcolmJohn, BarrieJohnson, PaulJohnston, StephenJohnston, IsobelL’amie, Chris

FPV JURAFPV MINNAFPV VIGILANTFPV NORNAFPV HIRTA

WATCHDOG 72

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Laycock, Jonathon PaulLett, JonathonLovett, GrahamMacCallum, ArchieMackenzie, AlexMacKinnon, Christopher JohnMair, AngusMair, AaronMarshall, PhilMay, RogerMcCusker, SimonMcDonnell, AlistairMcEwan, ColinMcqueen, JasonMills, John AlexanderMoore, MattMoslempour, TahmoresMuir, JamesMunday, DavidNeave, JamesNelson, PaulNewlands, AndyNicholson, ChrisNick, MynardOrd, VivOwen, GaryPage, TimParker, JulietteParr, JonathanPerry, AndyPoulding, DanielPutt, DavidRadford, AngusReeves, AdamRenfree, StephenRoberts, JulianRobinson, NeilRushton, JameScorer, AndySerafino, PSkinner, AmySlater, MichaelSmart, BarrieSnowball, DavidSooben, JezStevens, ChrisStipetic, JohnStrang, NicolStyles, MarioThain, MarcTodd, IanVarty, JasonWeighell, DavidWellum, NeilWeychan, PaulWhitby, PhilipWhyte, Ron

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Williams, JustinWilson, TomWilson, AlWorsnop, Mark AlexanderWright, NicholasYates, SimonYoung, AllyYoung, Iain

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