02013D0770 — EN — 18.12.2014 — 001.002

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►B COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 17 December 2013 establishing the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency and repealing Decision 2004/858/EC (2013/770/EU) (OJ L 341 18.12.2013, p. 69)

Amended by:









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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 17 December 2013

establishing the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency and repealing Decision 2004/858/EC

(2013/770/EU)







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Article 1

Establishment

The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (‘the Agency’) is hereby established and shall replace and succeed the executive agency set up by Decision 2004/858/EC from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2024, its statute being governed by Regulation (EC) No 58/2003.

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Article 2

Location

The Agency shall be located in Luxembourg.

Article 3

Objectives and tasks

1. The Agency is hereby entrusted with the implementation of parts of the following Union programmes and actions:

(a) the Consumer Programme 2014-2020;

(b) the Public Health Programme 2014-2020;

(c) the food safety training measures covered by Directive 2000/29/EC and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004;

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(d) the information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries.

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The first subparagraph shall apply subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of each of these programmes.

2. The Agency is hereby entrusted with the implementation of the legacy of the following programmes and actions:

(a) the Consumer Programme 2007-2013;

(b) the Public Health Programme 2008-2013;

(c) the food safety training measures covered by Directive 2000/29/EC, Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 and Decision C(2012) 1548;

(d) the management of the agreement with ANEC, the European consumer voice in standardisation, governed by Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012.

3. The Agency shall be responsible for the following tasks related to the implementation of the parts of the Union programmes and actions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2:

(a) managing all or part of the stages of programme implementation and all or part of the phases in the lifetime of specific projects on the basis of the relevant work programmes adopted by the Commission, where the Commission has empowered it to do so in the instrument of delegation;

(b) adopting the instruments of budget execution for revenue and expenditure and carrying out all the operations necessary for the management of the programme where the Commission has empowered it to do so in the instrument of delegation;

(c) providing support in programme implementation where the Commission has empowered it to do so in the instrument of delegation.

4. The Agency may be responsible for the provision of administrative and logistical support services if provided for in the instrument of delegation, for the benefit of the programme-implementing bodies and within the scope of the programmes referred to therein.

Article 4

Duration of the appointments

1. The members of the Steering Committee shall be appointed for two years.

2. The Director shall be appointed for four years.

Article 5

Supervision and reporting requirement

The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the Union programmes or parts thereof for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation.

Article 6

Implementation of the operating budget

The Agency shall implement its operating budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 1 ).

Article 7

Repeal and transitional provisions

1. Decision 2004/858/EC is repealed with effect from 1 January 2014. References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

2. The Agency shall be considered the legal successor of the executive agency established by Decision 2004/858/EC.

3. Without prejudice to the revision of the grading of seconded officials foreseen by the instrument of delegation, this Decision shall not affect the rights and obligations of staff employed by the Agency, including its Director.

Article 8

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2014.