Brussels, 09/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - Important legislation published in Official Journals of Tuesday 9 October 2007:
Fisheries (L262)
Commission Regulation (EC) 1176/2007 of 8 October 2007 banning fishing for great silver smelt in EC and international waters of ICES zones I and II by vessels flying the flag of Germany
Agriculture (L262)
Commission Decision of 8 October 2007 fixing for the 2007 financial year and in respect of a certain number of hectares, the definitive financial allocations to member states for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards, namely a total of €464.98 million for 16 member states in the 2006-2006 marketing year
Commission Regulation 1175/2007 of 8 October 2007 derogating from Regulation (EC) 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms (OJ L262)
High Quality Agricultural Products (C 236)
Publication of three applications pursuant to Regulation 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and the designation of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, for Portuguese ham 'Presunto de Vinhais', Spanish cheese 'Gamoneu' or 'Gamonedo' and Portuguese smoked sausage 'Alheira de Vinhais'
Trade (L262)
Council Decision of 26 September 2007 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and provisional application of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006
Transport/Internal Market (L263)
Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles
Competition (C236)
Non-opposition to two notified concentrations: 3i/Accord (Case COMP/M.4857) and Merrill Lynch/Abbey National/JV (Case COMP/M.4725)
Prior notification on two concentrations: PSA/IPH/JV (Case COMP/M.4807) and Oaktree/Conbipel (Case COMP/M.4858, candidate case for the simplified procedure)
Information from outside the EU (C237)
List of agencies and laboratories which countries outside the EU have made responsible for completing the documents which must accompany each consignment of wine imported into the EU.