Brussels, 11/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - The list of the main legislative acts published in Official Journal L 346 and C 300 on 9 December and L 348 on 11 December 2006:
Food safety (L346)
Commission Directive 2006/128/EC of 8 December 2006 amending and correcting Directive 95/31/EC laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (correct errors regarding the following substances: E 954 saccharin and its Na, K and Ca salts, E 955 sucralose, E 962 salt of aspartame-acesulfame, E 965, E 966 lactitol and modify definition of E 965 maltitol)
Commission Directive 2006/129/EC of 8 December 2006 amending and correcting Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (criteria relating to E 216 propyl p-hydroxybenzoate and E 217 sodium propyl p-hydroxybenzoate are deleted, correct errors relating to E 307 alpha-tocopherol, E 315 erythorbic acid, E 415 xanthan gum; level of sulphated ash in the purity criteria for E 472c citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids should be amended in order to cover partially or wholly neutralised products, ensure that E 559 aluminium silicate is produced from raw kaolinitic clay, free from dioxin contamination)
Agriculture (L346)
Council Decision of 30 November 2006 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the Community within the Food Aid Committee as regards the extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999
Trade (L346)
Council Decision of 4 December 2006 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning adjustments of trade preferences in the cheese sector (see issue 9322)
Epizooties (L346)
Commission Decision of 8 December 2006 as regards the reallocation of the Community's financial contribution to certain Member States for their programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and for checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses for 2006
Nuclear (L346)
Council Decision of 4 December 2006 on the first instalment of the third Community contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the Chernobyl Shelter Fund (Community granted EBRD €14.4 million contribution in 2006)
Committee of the regions (L346)
Council Decision of 30 November 2006 appointing a Spanish member to the Committee of the Regions (Jordi Hereu I Boher, Mayor of Barcelona)
CFSP (L 346)
Council Joint Action 2006/913/CFSP of 7 December 2006 amending and extending Joint Action 2004/847/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission in Kinshasa (DRC) regarding the Integrated Police Unit (EUPOL Kinshasa) Extension into 2007
Economy (L348)
Guideline of the European Central Bank of 10 November 2006 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks, Decision of the ECB on the annual accounts of the ECB, Decision of the European Central Bank of 24 November 2006 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2007
Competition (C 300)
Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for oil and gas, designated the Permis de Plivot)
Corrigenda to information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment (OJ C 278, 11.15.2005) (lc)