ISSN 1725-2555 Official Journal L64 of the European Union Volume 50 English edition Legislation 2 March 2007 Contents I Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory REGULATIONS ★ Council Regulation (EC) No 219/2007 of 27 February 2007 on the establishment of a Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR) 1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 220/2007 of 1 March 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables ...................................... 12 Commission Regulation (EC) No 221/2007 of 1 March 2007 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products ...................................................................................... 14 Commission Regulation (EC) No 222/2007 of 1 March 2007 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 ...................................................................................... 18 Commission Regulation (EC) No 223/2007 of 1 March 2007 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty ..... 20 ★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 224/2007 of 1 March 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1216/2003 as regards the economic activities covered by the labour cost index (1) ........ 23 ★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/2007 of 1 March 2007 as regards the support for restruc- turing and conversion provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2006/2007 wine year ............................................................................. 25 ★ Commission Regulation (EC) No 226/2007 of 1 March 2007 concerning the authorisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077 (Levucell SC20 and Levucell SC10 ME) as a feed additive (1) ........................................................................................ 26 Commission Regulation (EC) No 227/2007 of 1 March 2007 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006 29 1 ( ) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) 2 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 2007/144/EC: ★ Council Decision of 27 February 2007 appointing the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work ............................................ 30 2007/145/EC: ★ Council Decision of 27 February 2007 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks as regards the external auditors of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank ..................................................................................... 35 Commission 2007/146/EC: ★ Commission Decision of 28 February 2007 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the conditions for the exemption from the exit ban for intra-Community trade and as regards the demarcation of the restricted zones in Bulgaria, France, Germany, and Italy (notified under document number C(2007) 597) (1) .................................................................. 37 III Acts adopted under the EU Treaty ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY ★ Council Joint Action 2007/147/CFSP of 27 February 2007 repealing Joint Action 2006/319/CFSP on the European Union military operation in support of the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) during the election process ........................................................................................... 44 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance 2.3.2007EN Official Journal of the European Union L 64/1 I (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 219/2007 of 27 February 2007 on the establishment of a Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, control infrastructure which will enable the safe and environmentally friendly development of air transport, benefiting fully from the technological advances of programmes such as Galileo. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 171 thereof, (3) Following the Community's accession to Eurocontrol, the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Commission and Eurocontrol have signed a cooperation framework agreement for the implementation of the single European sky and for research and development activities in the field of air traffic control. Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and (4) In accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Social Committee, Competitiveness Council of 7 June 2005 concerning the preparation of the future European space programme, the European Union will be responsible for ensuring the availability and continuity of operational Whereas: services supporting its policies, and it will contribute to the development, deployment and operation of a European space infrastructure by concentrating on (1) In order to create the single European sky, on 10 March space-based applications to contribute to the 2004 the European Parliament and the Council adopted achievement of its policies. Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation) (1), Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 on the provision of air navigation services in (5) The SESAR project aims to integrate and coordinate the single European sky (the service provision Regu- research and development activities which were lation) (2), Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 on the organ- previously undertaken in a dispersed and uncoordinated isation and use of the airspace in the single European sky manner in the Community, including the most remote (the airspace Regulation) (3), and Regulation (EC) No and outlying regions thereof, referred to in Article 299(2) 552/2004 on the interoperability of the European Air of the Treaty. Traffic Management network (the interoperability Regu- lation) (4). (6) By avoiding the duplication of research and development (2) The project to modernise air traffic management in activities, the SESAR project will not lead to an increase Europe, (the SESAR project), is the technological in the overall volume of air users' contributions to element of the single European sky. It aims by 2020 research and development efforts. to give the Community a high-performance air traffic (1) OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1. (2) OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 10. (7) The SESAR project is composed of three phases: a defi- (3) OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 20. nition phase, a development phase and a deployment (4) OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 26. phase. L 64/2EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.3.2007 (8) The definition phase of the SESAR project aims to define (15) The activities undertaken by the Joint Undertaking under the different technological steps to be taken, the priorities the SESAR programme are mainly research and devel- in the modernisation programmes and the operational opment activities. Therefore, Community funding implementation plans. It is co-financed by the should be paid in particular from its research and devel- Community and by the European Organisation for the opment framework programmes. Additional funding can Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol). be paid from the Trans-European Network programme in accordance to Article 4(g) of Decision 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the Trans- European transport network (1), which envisages the (9) The definition phase started in October 2005 and is possibility of financing research and development carried out under the responsibility of Eurocontrol by a activities. consortium of undertakings chosen after a public invi- tation to tender. It will finish in 2008 and will result in the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan. This plan will define the work programme for the implemen- tation of the target concepts, including the different deployment strategies. (16) The Community funding for the Joint Undertaking should, at this stage of the project, be limited to the development phase within the period covered by the current financial framework 2007-2013. However, this does not prejudge the possibility for the Council to (10) The definition phase will be followed by the development review the scope, governance, funding and duration of phase (2008-2013) which will develop new equipments, the Joint Undertaking on the basis of the progress made systems or standards, which will ensure a convergence in the development phase. towards a fully interoperable Air Traffic Management system in Europe. (17) Substantial participation from industry is an essential (11) The development phase will change into the deployment element for the SESAR project. It is therefore funda- phase (2014-2020), which will be a large scale mental that the public budget for the development production and implementation of the new air traffic phase of the SESAR project be supplemented