THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania(1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts of the institutions remain valid beyond 1 January 2007, and require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council, unless the Commission adopted the original act.
(2) The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.
(3) Directives 95/57/EC(2) and 2001/109/EC(3) should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Directives 95/57/EC and 2001/109/EC shall be amended as set out in the Annex.
1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2006
For the Council
The President
J. Korkeaoja
12003 T: Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties — Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33),
32003 R 1882: Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29.9.2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003 p. 1),
32004 D 0883: Commission Decision 2004/883/EC of 10.12.2004 (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 69).
In the Annex, the section headed ‘Breakdown by geographical araes’ is replaced by the following text:
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Hungary
Malta
Netherlands
Austria
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Slovakia
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
Iceland
Norway
Switzerland (incl. Liechtenstein)
of which:
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine
of which:
South Africa
of which:
United States of America
Canada
of which:
Brazil
of which:
People's Republic of China
Japan
Republic of South Korea
of which:
Australia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Hungary
Malta
Netherlands
Austria
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Slovakia
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
Iceland
Norway
Switzerland (incl. Liechtenstein)
of which:
Russia
Turkey
of which:
South Africa
Maghreb countries
of which:
United States of America
of which:
Argentina
Brazil
of which:
People's Republic of China
Japan
Republic of South Korea
of which:
Australia
12003 T: Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties — Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33),
32006 D 0128: Commission Decision 2006/128/EC of 3.2.2006 (OJ L 51, 22.2.2006, p. 21).
The Annex is replaced by the following:
| a surveys are not conducted for: age of trees, density of plantation, variety of fruit’” | |||||||
| Apples | Pears | Peaches | Apricots | Oranges | Lemons | Small-fruitedCitrus fruits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | x | x | |||||
| Bulgaria | x | x | x | x | |||
| Czech Republic | x | x | x | x | |||
| Denmark | x | x | |||||
| Germany | x | x | |||||
| Estonia | x | ||||||
| Greece | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Spain | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| France | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Ireland | x | ||||||
| Italy | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Cyprus | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Latvia | x | x | |||||
| Lithuania | x | x | |||||
| Luxembourg | x | x | |||||
| Hungary | x | x | x | x | |||
| Malta | x | x | x | ||||
| Netherlands | x | x | |||||
| Austria | x | x | x | x | |||
| Poland | x | x | xa | xa | |||
| Portugal | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Romania | xa | xa | xa | xa | |||
| Slovenia | x | x | x | x | |||
| Slovakia | x | x | x | x | |||
| Finland | x | ||||||
| Sweden | x | x | |||||
| United Kingdom | x | x | |||||