EU Update – August 2008
Irish legislation
European Communities (Protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 328 of 2008)
EU legislation
Food additives
Commission Directive 2008/84/EC (OJ L253, p1, 20/09/2008) of 27 August 2008 laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners
Imports - Poultry
Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (OJ L226, p1, 23/08/2008) of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements
Register of protected designations of origin/protected geographical indications
Commission Regulation (EC) No 776/2008 (OJ L207, p77, 05/08/208) of 4 August 2008 entering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Acciughe sotto sale del Mar Ligure (PGI), Brussels grondwitloof (PGI), Œufs de Loué (PGI))
Commission Regulation (EC) No 782/2008 (OJ L209, p3, 06/08/2008) of 5 August 2008 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Laguiole (PDO))
Commission Regulation (EC) No 783/2008 (OJ L209, p5, 06/08/2008) of 5 August 2008 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Radicchio Variegato di Castelfranco (PGI))
Commission Regulation (EC) No 784/2008 (OJ L209, p7, 06/08/2008) of 5 August 2008 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Radicchio Rosso di Treviso (PGI))
Scientific Committees
Commission Decision 2008/721/EC (OJ L241, p21, 10/09/2008) of 5 August 2008 setting up an advisory structure of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and repealing Decision 2004/210/EC
Wine
Corrigendum (OJ L220, p35, 15/08/2008) to Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine, amending Regulations (EC) No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 3/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2392/86 and (EC) No 1493/1999 ( OJ L 148, 6/6/2008)
EU Publications
Work programmes for European Community reference laboratories 2008- veterinary public health (Residues)
EU Report on the monitoring and testing of ruminants for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in the EU in 2007
European Commission staff working document on the implementation of national residue monitoring plans in the Member States in 2006.
Last reviewed: 27/3/2009