COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 568/2012
of 28 June 2012
amending Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 as regards the submission of support programmes in the wine sector
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 103za, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 103k(1), first subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that each producer Member State referred to in Annex Xb of that Regulation is to submit to the Commission a draft five-year support programme containing measures to assist the wine sector.
(2)
Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine as regards support programmes, trade with third countries, production potential and on controls in the wine sector (2) provides that the first submission of support programmes is to refer to the five financial years 2009 to 2013.
(3)
In order to prepare for the second submission of draft support programmes for the financial years 2014 to 2018, the framework and specific requirements for the new programming period should be established. It is also necessary to set a deadline for the second submission of the draft support programmes.
(4)
A deadline should be set for Member States wishing to transfer, from 2014, amounts of their national envelope into the Single Payment Scheme as provided for in Article 103o of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(5)
Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 is amended as follows:
(1)
Article 2 is replaced by the following:
"Article 2
Submission of support programmes
1. The first submission of the draft support programme referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 103k(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall refer to the five financial years 2009 to 2013.
For the financial years 2014 to 2018, Member States shall submit their draft support programme to the Commission by 1 March 2013. If the national envelopes foreseen from the financial year 2014 and onwards are modified after that date, the Member States shall adapt the support programmes accordingly.
Member States shall make their draft support programme available to the Commission by electronic means using the form in Annex I.
Member States shall submit their financial planning for the draft support programme referred to in the first and second subparagraphs to the Commission in the form set out in Annex II.
2. Member States shall notify the Commission their legislation related to the draft support programmes referred to in paragraph 1 once adopted or modified. This notification can be done by informing the Commission about the site where the legislation concerned is publicly available.
3. Member States deciding to transfer all the amount of their national envelope from the 2010 financial year onwards and for all the period referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, into the Single Payment Scheme shall submit the form provided for in Annex II of this Regulation, duly completed in the relevant line and once for all before the 30 June 2008.
Member States deciding to transfer amounts of their national envelope from the 2014 financial year onwards and for all the period referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, into the Single Payment Scheme shall submit the form provided for in Annex II, duly completed in the relevant line, before 1 December 2012.
4. Member States deciding to set up their support programme including regional particularities may also submit details by region in the form provided for in Annex III.
5. Member States shall bear the responsibility for expenditure between the date on which their support programme is received by the Commission and the date of its applicability according to Article 103k(2), first subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007"
(2)
Annexes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, VIIIa and VIIIb are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 June 2012.