Brussels, 13/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - These are the main acts published in the Official Journal of the EU of Tuesday 13 January 2009:
Environment (L008)
Directive 2008/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community
Agriculture (L008)
Commission Decision of 17 December 2008 amending Decision 2006/636/EC fixing the annual breakdown by member state of the amount for Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013: total of €91.93 billion for all countries (2007-2013), with total of €13.2 billion for Poland, €8.5 billion for Italy, €8.1 billion for Germany and €8 billion for Romania
Commission Decisions of 19 December 2008 rejecting an application for entry in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications: decisions refer to Lithuanian “Džiugas” (PGI) and “Germantas” (PGI) cheeses
Social (L008)
Commission Decision of 19 December 2008 setting up the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers
Consumers (L008)
Commission Decision of 22 December 2008 on the compliance of standard EN 1273: 2005 on baby walking frames with the general safety requirement of Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and publication of the reference of the standard in the Official Journal
Epizootic (L008)
Commission Decision of 9 January 2009 amending Decision 2008/655/EC as regards the approval of the emergency vaccination plans against bluetongue of certain member states and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution for 2007 and 2008
Competition (C007)
Non-opposition to notified concentrations: ZF/Cherry (Case COMP/M.5244), Invitrogen/Applied Biosystems (Case COMP/M.5264), Santander/Bradford & Bingley Assets (Case COMP/M.5363) and BNP Paribas/Fortis (Case COMP/M.5384)
Prior notification of a number of concentrations: Otsuka Pharmaceutical/Nardobel (Case COMP/M.5443 - Candidate case for simplified procedure), OP Trust/Deutsche Bank London/Lloyds TSB Bank/BNP Paribas/Porterbrook Leasing (Case COMP/M.5439 - Candidate case for simplified procedure), Kühne/HGV/TUI/Hapag-Lloyd (Case COMP/M.5450) and Doprastav/Ceskomoravsky Beton/TBG Doprastav (Case COMP/M.5425 - Candidate case for simplified procedure)
Administrative Procedures (C007)
Call for proposals - EACEA/33/08 - EU-Canada programme for co-operation in higher education, training and youth - Call for proposals 2009 - Transatlantic Exchange Partnerships
Court of Auditors (C008)
Opinion No 5/2008 of the Court of Auditors of the European Communities on a proposal for a Council Regulation amending the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities. (L.C./transl.rt)