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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2125/2003
of3December 2003
derogatingfromRegulation(EC)No1433/2003withregardtodecisionsbythecompetentnational
authoritiesonoperationalprogrammesandfunds
(OJ L 319, 4.12.2003, p. 3)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2125/2003
of3December 2003
derogatingfromRegulation(EC)No1433/2003withregardtodeci-
sions by the competent national authorities on operational
programmesandfunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October
1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegeta-
bles (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/
2003 (2), and in particular Article 48 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Articles 13 and 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1433/
2003 of 11 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the appli-cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regardsoperational funds, operational programmes and financial assis-tance (
3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1582/2003 (4), lay
down the final deadline by which the competent national
authority must take decisions on programmes and operationalfunds submitted by producer organisations or on amendments tooperational programmes during the year for subsequent years.That date is 15 December of the year in which operationalprogrammes or requests for amendments to operational
programmes are submitted.
(2)Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, laying down tran-
sitional provisions, as corrected by Regulation (EC) No 1582/2003, lays down that producer organisations must submitrequests for amendments needed to bring operationalprogrammes into line withth at Regulation on 15 October 2003
at the latest, rather than 15 September as initially laid down. As
a result, the competent national authorities have only two monthsin which to undertake the checks laid down in Article 12 of thatRegulation before taking the decisions provided for in Articles13 and 14 thereof.
(3)So as not to seriously undermine the effectiveness of the above-
mentioned checks and to give the competent national authorities
a reasonable amount of time to draw up the programmes, for2003 only the final deadline of 15 December should be waivedand the Member States given until 31 January 2004 to take thedecisions provided for in Articles 13 and 14 of the above Regu-lation. The Member States may take measures to permit the
eligibility of expenditure from 1 January 2004.
(4)Given the urgency of the situation, it is essential that this Regu-
lation take effect immediately.
(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordancewith the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruitand Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For 2003 only, by way of derogation from Article 13(2) and
Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, Member States maytake decisions on operational programmes and funds or on requests2003R2125 — EN — 14.03.2004 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 25.
(4) OJ L 227, 11.9.2003, p. 3.▼M1
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for amendments to operational programmes no later than 15 March
2004.
2. Suchdecisions may provide th at expenditure is eligible from 1
January 2004.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.2003R2125 — EN — 14.03.2004 — 001.001 — 3
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