Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2004 of 12 March 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/2003 as regards the deadline for decisions by the competent national authorities on operational programmes and funds
Date: 2004-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, derogation from EU law, financial aid, fruit, fund (EU), operational programme, producer organisation, vegetable

13.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 77/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 466/2004

of 12 March 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/2003 as regards the deadline for decisions by the competent
national authorities on operational programmes and funds

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 vegetables (1), and in particular Article 48 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/2003 of 3
December 2003 derogating from Regulation (EC) No
1433/2003 with regard to decisions by the competent
national authorities on operational programmes and
funds (2) waives, for 2003, the deadline of 15 December
laid down in Articles 13 and 14 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1433/2003 of 11 August 2003 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational funds,
operational programmes and financial assistance (3), and
permits Member States to take the decisions provided
for in Articles 13 and 14 no later than 31 January 2004.

(2)

On account of excessive administrative work, some
Member States were unable to draw up all
their
programmes and take decisions relating to them by the
new deadline of 31 January 2004. In order to avoid

harming operators and to enable the national authorities
to continue drawing up the programmes, this deadline
should be postponed until 15 March 2004.

(3)

(4)

Given the urgency of the situation,
this Regulation take effect immediately.

it is essential that

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/2003, is replaced by
the following:

‘1.
For 2003 only, by way of derogation from Article
13(2) and Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003,
Member
take decisions on operational
programmes and funds or on requests for amendments to
operational programmes no later than 15 March 2004.’

States may

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.

Done at Brussels, 12 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Commis-

sion Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64).

(2) OJ L 319, 4.12.2003, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 25. Regulation amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1582/2003 (OJ L 227, 11.9.2003, p. 3).