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L 123 Official Journal ISSN 1725-2555 Official Journal L 123 of the European Union Volume 52 English edition Legislation 19 May 2009 Contents I Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory REGULATIONS Commission Regulation (EC) No 406/2009 of 18 May 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables . 1 ★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 407/2009 of 14 May 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and f lora by regulating trade therein 3 ★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 408/2009 of 18 May 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 793/2006 laying down certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union . 62 ★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2009 of 18 May 2009 establishing Community conversion factors and presentation codes used to convert fish processed weight into fish live weight, and amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 . 78 (Continued overleaf) Price: EUR 22 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. EN Contents (continued) II Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory DECISIONS Council 2009/388/EC: ★ Council Decision of 11 May 2009 appointing and replacing members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training . 86 Commission 2009/389/EC: ★ Commission Decision of 16 July 2008 on the State aid which Italy proposes to grant to the steel company Lucchini Siderurgica SpA (C 25/2000 (ex N 149/99)) (notified under document number C(2008) 3515) ( 1) . 87 GUIDELINES European Central Bank 2009/390/EC: ★ Guideline of the European Central Bank of 7 May 2009 amending Guideline ECB/2007/2 on a Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (TARGET2) (ECB/2009/9) . 94 2009/391/EC: ★ Guideline of the European Central Bank of 7 May 2009 amending Guideline ECB/2000/7 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (ECB/2009/10) . 99 Corrigenda ★ Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 275/2009 of 2 April 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia (OJ L 91, 3.4.2009) . 100 EN ( 1 ) Text with EEA relevance 19.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 123/1 I (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 406/2009 of 18 May 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas: Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, Community, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­ cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1), Article 1 The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regu­ Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto. of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and Article 2 (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector ( 2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof, This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May 2009. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 May 2009. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development ( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1. L 123/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 19.5.2009 ANNEX Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables (EUR/100 kg) CN code Third country code (1 ) Standard import value 0702 00 00 JO 73,9 MA 44,2 MK 80,5 TN 115,0 TR 95,0 ZZ 81,7 0707 00 05 EG 131,0 JO 155,5 MA 32,7 TR 135,1 ZZ 113,6 0709 90 70 JO 216,7 TR 120,7 ZZ 168,7 0805 10 20 EG 44,0 IL 55,5 MA 48,4 TN 49,2 TR 107,8 US 49,3 ZA 56,7 ZZ 58,7 0805 50 10 AR 50,9 TR 50,7 ZA 51,7 ZZ 51,1 0808 10 80 AR 81,5 BR 77,9 CL 82,4 CN 91,5 MK 42,0 NZ 101,5 US 125,7 UY 71,7 ZA 83,4 ZZ 84,2 ( 1) Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’. 19.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 123/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 407/2009 of 14 May 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Bolitoglossa dofleini, Cynops ensicauda, Echinotriton andersoni, Pachytriton labiatus, Paramesotriton spp., Sala­ mandra algira and Tylototriton spp. – which are currently not listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 – Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European are being imported into the Community in such numbers Community, as to warrant monitoring. Those species should therefore be included in Annex D to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97. Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein ( 1), and in particular Article 19(3) thereof, (5) At the 14th Conference of the Parties to CITES in June 2007 new nomenclatural references for animals were adopted. Some inconsistencies between the CITES Appendices and the scientific names in those nomen­ clatural references as regards the species Asarcornis Whereas: scutulata and Pezoporus occidentalis, the families Rheobatra­ chidae and Phasianidae as well as the order Scandentia were discovered. Since those inconsistencies also appear in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, it should be (1) Regulation (EC) No 338/97 lists animal and plant species adapted accordingly. in respect of which trade is restricted or controlled. Those lists incorporate the lists set out in the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, hereinafter ‘the CITES Convention’. (6) In view of the extent of the amendments it is appro­ priate, for clarity purposes, to replace the Annex to Regu­ lation (EC) No 338/97 in its entirety. (2) The following species have been added to Appendix III to the CITES Convention at the request of China: Corallium elatius, Corallium japonicum, Corallium konjoi and Corallium secundum. (7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora established pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, (3) The species Crax daubentoni, Crax globulosa, Crax rubra, Ortalis vetula, Pauxi pauxi, Penelopina nigra, Arborophila campbelli, Arborophila charltonii, Lophura erythrophthalma, Lophura ignita, Semnornis ramphastinus, Baillonius bailloni, Pteroglossus castanotis, Ramphastos dicolorus and Selenidera HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: maculirostris – which are currently included in Annex B to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 – are not subject to levels of international trade that might be incompatible with its survival but are included in Appendix III to the CITES Convention at the requests of Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Article 1 Malaysia and Argentina, and should therefore be trans­ The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 is replaced by the ferred from Annex B to Annex C to the Annex to Regu­ text in the Annex to this Regulation. lation (EC) No 338/97. (4) The species Phyllomedusa sauvagii, Leptodactylus laticeps, Limnonectes macrodon, Rana shqiperica, Ranodon sibiricus, Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following ( 1 ) OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. L 123/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 19.5.2009 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 May 2009. For the Commission Stavros DIMAS Member of the Commission 19.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 123/5 ANNEX ‘ANNEX Notes on interpretation of Annexes A, B, C and D 1. Species included in these Annexes A, B, C and D are referred to: (a) by the name of the species; or (b) as being all of the species included in a higher taxon or designated part thereof. 2. The abbreviation “spp.” is used to denote all species of a higher taxon. 3. Other references to taxa higher than species are for the purposes of information or classification only. 4. Species printed in bold in Annex A are listed there in consistency with their protection as provided for by Council Directive 79/409/EEC (“Birds Directive”) or Council Directive 92/43/EEC (“Habitats Directive”).
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