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L 116 Official Journal ISSN 1725-2555 Official Journal L 116 of the European Union Volume 51 English edition Legislation 30 April 2008 Contents I Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory REGULATIONS Commission Regulation (EC) No 383/2008 of 29 April 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables ...................................... 1 ★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2008 of 29 April 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting pregnant animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC (1) ............................................... 3 ★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/2008 of 29 April 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 817/2006 ................................... 5 Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2008 of 29 April 2008 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products ...................................................................................... 17 Commission Regulation (EC) No 387/2008 of 29 April 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 ................................................... 21 1 ( ) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) Price: EUR 18 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. EN The titles of all other acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. Contents (continued) II Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory DECISIONS Council 2008/342/EC: ★ Council Decision of 29 April 2008 amending Decision 2007/868/EC implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism ...................................... 23 2008/343/EC: ★ Council Decision of 29 April 2008 amending Decision 2007/868/EC implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism ...................................... 25 Commission 2008/344/EC: ★ Commission Decision of 23 October 2007 on State Aid C 23/06 (ex NN 35/06) which Poland has implemented for steel producer Technologie Buczek Group (notified under document number C(2007) 5087) (1) ........................................................................... 26 RECOMMENDATIONS Commission 2008/345/EC: ★ Commission Recommendation of 7 February 2008 on a code of conduct for responsible nanosciences and nanotechnologies research (notified under document number C(2008) 424) ........ 46 III Acts adopted under the EU Treaty ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY ★ Council Common Position 2008/346/CFSP of 29 April 2008 amending Common Position 2007/871/CFSP updating Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism ................................................................... 53 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance (Continued on inside back cover) Contents (continued) ★ Council Common Position 2008/347/CFSP of 29 April 2008 amending Common Position 2007/871/CFSP updating Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism ................................................................... 55 ★ Council Common Position 2008/348/CFSP of 29 April 2008 concerning restrictive measures against Uzbekistan ............................................................................... 56 ★ Council Common Position 2008/349/CFSP of 29 April 2008 renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar .......................................................................... 57 Corrigenda ★ Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 508/1999 of 4 March 1999 amending Annexes I to IV of 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 (OJ L 60, 9.3.1999) ........................................................................................... 86 EN 30.4.2008EN Official Journal of the European Union L 116/1 I (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 383/2008 of 29 April 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 Annex to this Regulation, of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof, Article 1 The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regu- Whereas: lation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto. (1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to Article 2 the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April 2008. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (1) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1. L 116/2EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2008 ANNEX to Commission Regulation of 29 April 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables (EUR/100 kg) CN code Third country code (1) Standard import value 0702 00 00 IL 71,4 MA 60,9 TN 111,3 TR 110,7 ZZ 88,6 0707 00 05 JO 178,8 TR 109,3 ZZ 144,1 0709 90 70 MA 92,6 MK 68,1 TR 115,3 ZZ 92,0 0805 10 20 EG 49,1 IL 69,6 MA 55,4 TN 53,5 TR 55,2 US 44,3 ZZ 54,5 0805 50 10 AR 70,7 EG 126,4 IL 131,8 MK 118,8 TR 126,7 US 115,8 ZA 140,8 ZZ 118,7 0808 10 80 AR 90,1 BR 83,1 CA 84,7 CL 92,8 CN 88,7 MK 67,6 NZ 111,6 US 123,6 UY 68,1 ZA 87,8 ZZ 89,8 0808 20 50 AR 85,9 AU 88,5 CL 113,5 CN 44,0 NZ 201,7 ZA 94,6 ZZ 104,7 (1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’. 30.4.2008EN Official Journal of the European Union L 116/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 384/2008 of 29 April 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting pregnant animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, should, however, be reviewed in the near future in the light of additional knowledge that becomes available. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (5) Where exemptions from the exit ban applicable to Community, movements of animals of susceptible species from the restricted zones are applied to such animals intended for intra-Community trade or for export to a third country, health certificates provided for in Council Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of Directive 64/432/EEC (3), Council Directive 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the 91/68/EEC (4), Council Directive 92/65/EEC (5) and control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular referred to in Commission Decision 93/444/EEC (6) are Article 9(1)(c), Articles 11 and 12 and the third paragraph of to include a reference to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007. Article 19 thereof, It is appropriate to provide for an additional wording to be added to all those health certificates in order to make more explicit the health conditions under which the Whereas: pregnant animals are exempted from the exit ban. (6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in (1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 (2) lays accordance with the opinion of the Standing down rules for the control, monitoring, surveillance Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, and restrictions on movements of animals, in relation to bluetongue, in and from the restricted zones. It also establishes the conditions for exemptions from the exit HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: ban applicable to movements of susceptible animals, their semen, ova and embryos provided for in Directive 2000/75/EC. Article 1 In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007, Section A is amended as follows: (2) In the light of new scientific information recently gathered on bluetongue virus pathogenesis related to the possible trans-placental transmission of bluetongue, 1. in point 1, the first paragraph is replaced by the following: some precautionary measures should be taken to prevent the possible spread of the disease by pregnant animals or certain newborn animals. ‘The animals were kept until dispatch during the seasonally vector-free period defined in accordance with Annex V, in a bluetongue seasonally-free
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