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Official Journal L 79 of the European Union ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Volume 61 English edition Legislation 22 March 2018 Contents II Non-legislative acts INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ★ Council Decision (EU) 2018/467 of 25 September 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) ............................................................ 1 Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) ....................................... 3 REGULATIONS ★ Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/468 of 21 March 2018 implementing Article 2(3) of Reglation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1420 ............................................................................................... 7 ★ Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/469 of 21 March 2018 authorising the placing on the market of an extract of three herbal roots (Cynanchum wilfordii Hemsley, Phlomis umbrosa Turcz. and Angelica gigas Nakai) as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (1) ....................................................................... 11 ★ Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/470 of 21 March 2018 on detailed rules on the maximum residue limit to be considered for control purposes for foodstuffs derived from animals which have been treated in the EU under Article 11 of Directive 2001/82/EC (1) 16 (1) Text with EEA relevance. (Continued overleaf) 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. EN ★ Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/471 of 21 March 2018 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 297/95 as regards the adjustment of the fees of the European Medicines Agency to the inflation rate with effect from 1 April 2018 (1) ................................................................... 19 DECISIONS ★ Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/472 of 19 March 2018 appointing a member of the Court of Auditors .......................................................................................................... 23 ★ Council Decision (EU) 2018/473 of 19 March 2018 appointing a member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions ........................................... 24 ★ Council Decision (EU) 2018/474 of 19 March 2018 appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions 25 ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/475 of 21 March 2018 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2017/1426 .............. 26 ★ Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/476 of 21 March 2018 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya ......................................... 30 ★ Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/477 of 15 March 2018 concerning exemptions from the extended anti-dumping duty on certain bicycle parts originating in the People's Republic of China pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 88/97 (notified under document C(2018) 1506) ................................................................................................................ 31 ★ Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/478 of 20 March 2018 amending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (notified under document C(2018) 1592) (1) .............. 38 ★ Commission Decision (EU) 2018/479 of 20 March 2018 on the long-term national aid scheme for agriculture in the northern regions of Sweden (notified under document C(2018) 1622) ........... 55 (1) Text with EEA relevance. 22.3.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 79/1 II (Non-legislative acts) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/467 of 25 September 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 186, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: (1) Decision (EU) 2017/1324 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) provides for the participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (‘PRIMA’) jointly undertaken by several Member States. (2) PRIMA aims to implement a joint programme to build research and innovation capacities and to develop knowledge and common innovative solutions for agro-food systems, to make them sustainable, and for integrated water provision and management in the Mediterranean area, to make those systems and that provision and management more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and environmentally and socially sustainable, and to contribute to solving water scarcity, food security, nutrition, health, well-being and migration problems upstream. (3) PRIMA will be jointly undertaken by a number of Member States and third countries (‘Participating States’) with a high level of commitment to scientific, management and financial integration and under the same terms and conditions. (4) The Republic of Lebanon (‘Lebanon’) expressed its wish to join PRIMA as a Participating State and on an equal footing with the Member States and third countries associated to Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) participating in PRIMA. (5) In accordance with Article 1(2) of Decision (EU) 2017/1324 Lebanon is to become a Participating State in PRIMA subject to the conclusion of an international agreement for scientific and technological cooperation with the Union setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Lebanon in PRIMA. (6) On 30 May 2017, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations, on behalf of the Union, with Lebanon, on an Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (‘the Agreement’), subject to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2017/1324. The negotiations were successfully completed. (1) Decision (EU) 2017/1324 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 on the participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) jointly undertaken by several Member States (OJ L 185, 18.7.2017, p. 1). L 79/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.3.2018 (7) The Agreement should be signed. (8) In order to allow for the participation of Lebanon in PRIMA from its start, the Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision. Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union. Article 3 The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis, as from the signature thereof, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force. Article 4 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. Done at Brussels, 25 September 2017. For the Council The President M. MAASIKAS 22.3.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 79/3 AGREEMENT for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Union’, of the one part, and THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON, hereinafter referred to as ‘Lebanon’, of the