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Official Journal of the European Union
10.6.2013
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 518/2013
of 13 May 2013
adapting Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, by reason
of the accession of the Republic of Croatia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(3)
In view of the accession of Croatia to the Union, Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the
Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009
European Union,
concerning the placing of plant protection products on
the market ( 1 ) which defines zones composed of Member
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia, and in
States with comparable agricultural, plant health and
particular Article 3(4) thereof,
environmental (including climatic) conditions, in
particular in order to facilitate the examination of appli
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in
cations and granting of authorisations of plant protection
particular Article 50 thereof,
products in the Union and the mutual recognition of
authorisations, should be amended. Croatia should be
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
added to the list of Member States belonging to the
Southern zone since the agricultural, plant health and
Whereas:
environmental conditions in Croatia are comparable to
those in Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus,
(1)
Pursuant to Article 50 of the Act of Accession of Croatia,
Malta and Portugal.
where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession
require adaptation by reason of accession, and the
necessary adaptations have not been provided for in
(4) Annex
I
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
1107/2009
should
therefore be amended accordingly,
that Act of Accession or its Annexes, the Council,

acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the
Commission, shall, to this end, adopt the necessary
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
acts, if the original act was not adopted by the
Commission.
Article 1
(2) The
Final
Act
of
the
Conference
which
drew
up
the Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is amended as set
Treaty of Accession of Croatia indicated that the High
out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a
set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions
Article 2
required by reason of accession and invited the Council
and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before
This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and as from the
accession, completed and updated where necessary to
date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of
take account of the evolution of Union law.
Croatia.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 May 2013.
For the Council
The President
S. COVENEY
( 1 ) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1.

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ANNEX
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX I
Definition of zones for the authorisation of plant protection products as referred to in Article 3(17)
Zone A — North
The following Member States belong to this zone:
Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden
Zone B — Centre
The following Member States belong to this zone:
Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Romania, Slovenia,
Slovakia, United Kingdom
Zone C — South
The following Member States belong to this zone:
Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal’.

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