(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation. Article 10 of that Regulation provides for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2).

(2)

Lasalocid A sodium, CAS number 25999-20-6, was authorised for 10 years in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as a feed additive for use on chickens for fattening and chickens reared for laying by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1455/2004 (3) and for use on turkeys up to 12 weeks by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2430/1999 (4). That additive was subsequently entered in the Community Register of feed additives as an existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)

In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 of that Regulation, an application was submitted for the re-evaluation of lasalocid A sodium as a feed additive for turkeys, extending the maximum age from 12 to 16 weeks and requesting that additive to be classified in the additive category ‘coccidiostats and histomonostats’. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(4)

The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) concluded in its opinion of 7 April 2010 that, under the proposed conditions of use, lasalocid A sodium does not have an adverse effect on animal health, consumer health or the environment, and that that additive is effective in controlling coccidiosis in turkeys (5). It considers that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring to control the possible development of bacterial and/or Eimeria spp. resistances. The Authority also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(5)

The assessment of that additive shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that additive should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

(6)

As a consequence of the granting of a new authorisation under Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the provisions on that additive in Regulation (EC) No 2430/1999 should be deleted.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition.

(2)

Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down transitional measures for applications for the authorisation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)

The application for an authorisation of nicarbazin as a feed additive for chickens for fattening was submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(4)

Initial comments on that application, as provided for in Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC, were forwarded to the Commission before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. This application is therefore to continue to be treated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC.

(5)

The person responsible for putting into circulation nicarbazin, CAS number 330-95-0, submitted an application for authorisation for 10 years, as a coccidiostat for chickens for fattening, in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC.

(6)

The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) concluded in its opinion of 10 March 2010 (3) that nicarbazin does not have an adverse effect on animal health, consumer health or the environment, and that that additive is effective in controlling coccidiosis in chickens for fattening. Since p-nitroaniline, an impurity associated with nicarbazin, leads to possible residues of this substance, the Authority recommends that the content of that impurity be limited at the lowest achievable level.

(7)

The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for the requested authorisation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that additive, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation, should be authorised. In view of the opinion of the Authority, it is, however, necessary to limit the content of the impurity p-nitroaniline. To give producers and users time to adapt, it is appropriate for this limitation to start to apply it three years after this Regulation becomes applicable.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

(1)

The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 October 2010 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 869/2010 (3).

(2)

As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5/tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EU) No 869/2010.

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 869/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

In order to reflect the changes made by the Treaty of Lisbon to the previous Treaties, as regards space and sport, in the names of the Council’s configurations, the title of the ‘Competitiveness (internal market, industry and research)’ configuration should be amended by the addition of the word ‘space’, and the title of the ‘Education, youth and culture’ configuration should be amended by the addition of the word ‘sport’.

(2)

Consequently, the list of Council configurations set out in the Annex to Decision 2009/878/EU of the Council (General Affairs) of 1 December 2009 establishing the list of Council configurations in addition to those referred to in the second and third subparagraphs of Article 16(6) of the Treaty on European Union (1), which is reproduced in Annex I to the Council's Rules of Procedure (2), should be amended,

1.

point 6 ‘Competitiveness (internal market, industry and research)’ shall be replaced by the following:

2.

point 10 ‘Education, youth and culture’ shall be replaced by the following:

(1)

The revised ACP-EU Agreement entered into force on 1 July 2008 in accordance with Article 93, paragraph 3 thereof.

(2)

South Africa, having signed the revised ACP-EU Agreement on 25 June 2005, did not deposit an instrument of ratification under the terms of Article 93, paragraph 4, by the deadline of 30 June 2009.

(3)

Article 94 of the revised ACP-EU Agreement stipulates that any request for accession by a State shall be presented to, and approved by, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers.

(4)

South Africa presented a request for accession to the ACP-EU Agreement on 23 November 2009.

(5)

In accordance with its Rules of Procedure (3), the ACP-EU Council of Ministers established under the ACP-EU Agreement may approve a request for accession by written procedure,

(1)

By Decision No 3/2008 of 22 May 2008, the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors appointed the members of the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (three EU members and three ACP members) for a five-year term of office, subject to review after two and a half years in the case of the ACP members.

(2)

One post has fallen vacant following the death of one of the members.

(3)

It is therefore necessary to appoint a new member of the Executive Board,

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Mr Radjiskumar MOHAN (Suriname).

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Mr Kahijoro KAHUURE (Namibia)

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Mr Radjiskumar MOHAN (Suriname)

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Mr Wilson A. SONGA (Kenya)

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Mr Raul BRUNO DE SOUSA (Portugal)

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Mr Eric TOLLENS (Belgium)

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Mr Edwin Anthony VOS (Netherlands).