Brussels, 19/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - Here is a brief overview of the main legislative acts published in the Official Journal of the EU between 7 and 19 August 2009:
Fisheries (L 207, L 208, L 212 and L 214)
Regulation (EC) no. 730/2009 of the Commission of 10 August 2009 banning fishing for herring in subdivisions 22 to 24 of the Baltic Sea and in the Community waters by vessels flying the flag of Poland (L 207).
Regulation (EC) no. 738/2009 of the Commission of 11 August 2009 banning fishing for monkfish in zones VIII c, IX and X and in the Community waters of the zone Copace 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Portugal (L 208).
Regulation (EC) no. 744/2009 of the Commission of 13 August 2009 banning fishing for Greenland halibut in the Community waters of zones II a and IV and in the Community and international waters of zone VI by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom. (L 212)
Regulation (EC) no. 756/2009 of the Commission of 17 August 2009 banning fishing for deep water shark in the Community waters and in waters which do not come under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries in zones V, VI, VII, VIII and IX by vessels flying the flag of Portugal. (L 214)
Agriculture (L 208, L 209, L 210 and L 214)
Regulation (EC) no. 733/2009 of the Commission of 11 August 2009 adopting emergency measures in favour of the milk and dairy products market by opening purchases of butter and powdered skimmed milk by tender for the period between 1 September 2009 and 30 November 2009 inclusive (L 208).
Regulation (EC) no. 740/2009 of the Commission of 12 August 2009 modifying Regulation (EC) no. 1282/2006 regarding export refunds in the milk and dairy products sector. (L 209)
Regulation (EC) no. 742/2009 of the Commission of 13 August 2009 modifying Regulation (EC) no. 1296/2008 regarding application modalities for tariff quotas on the import of maize and sorghum into Spain and maize to Portugal. (L 210)
Regulation (EC) no. 757/2009 of the Commission of 18 August 2009 modifying Regulation (EC) no. 1189/2008 of the Commission establishing, for the year 2009, the application modalities of the import tariff quotas for "baby beef" category products from Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro. (L 214)
Energy (L 211)
Regulation (EC) no. 713/2009 of the European Parliament and Council of 13 July 2009 instituting a cooperation agency for the energy regulators.
Regulation (EC) no. 714/2009 of the European Parliament and Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border trade in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) no. 1228/2003.
Regulation (EC) no. 715/2009 of the European Parliament and Council 13 July 2009 concerning the conditions for access to the natural gas transport networks and repealing Regulation (EC) no. 1775/2005.
Directive 2009/72 EC of the European Parliament and Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules in the internal electricity market and repealing directive 2003/54/EC.
Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal natural gas market and repealing directive 2003/55/EC.
Anti-dumping (L 208 and C 190)
Regulation (EC) no. 734/2009 of the Commission of 11 August 2009 opening an investigation regarding a possible bypassing of the anti-dumping measures brought in by Regulation (EC) no. 1858/2005 of the Council on imports of steel cables from the People's Republic of China, by means of imports of steel cables sent from the Republic of Korea and Malaysia, whether or not they had been declared to originate from the Republic of Korea and from Malaysia, and making these imports subject to registration. (L 208)
Notice of the opening of anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of certain aluminium wheels from the People's Republic of China (C 190)
Notice of the opening of anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of certain stainless steel fastenings and their parts from India and Malaysia. (C 190)
Environment (L 206 and L 208)
Decision of the Commission of 5 August 2009 establishing requirements applicable to the registration of producers of batteries and accumulators in compliance with directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and Council. (L 206)
Decision of the Commission of 9 July 2009 establishing ecological criteria for the award of the Community green label to hard coatings. (L 208)
Research (L 206)
Regulation (EC) no. 723/2009 of the Council of 25 June 2009 on the Community legal framework applicable to a European research infrastructure consortium (ERIC).
Health (L 206)
Decision of the Commission of 7 August 2009 concerning the financial participation of the Community, for the year 2009, in a two-year pilot project in the field of air quality in schools. (A.B./trans.fl)