Commission Regulation (EC) No 1813/2004 of 19 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational funds, operational programmes and financial assistance
Date: 2004-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, operational expenditure (EU), operational programme, producer organisation

20.10.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1813/2004

of 19 October 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational funds, operational programmes and financial
assistance

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Vege-
tables has not delivered an opinion within the time
limit set by its chairman,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the

once
producer

operational
organisations

Under Article 17 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1433/2003 (2),
programmes
submitted
been
have
by
approved Member States are to establish the approved
amount of aid not later than 15 December of the year
preceding implementation of the programme. In order to
improve overall budget management, the Member States
must inform the Commission of the total amount of aid
approved for all operational programmes.

to be

Under Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, data
on producer organisations, operational funds and opera-
tional programmes must be the subject of reports from
the Member States
communicated to the
Commission by 1 June each year in accordance with
Annex III
to that Regulation. Figures relating to the
final aid payments actually made are to be submitted
on 15 November at
the latest. Experience in recent
years has shown that the two deadlines are an unne-
cessary administrative complication. The process should
be simplified by requiring Member States to send reports
including definitive information on final aid payments
each year by 15 November at the latest.

Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 gives a
complete list of operations and expenditure which may
be covered by operational programmes. This expenditure
includes, in point 2 of that Annex, the specific costs of
quality improvement measures, including the purchase of
certified seed. Experience has
the term
‘certified seed’ must be clarified by explicit reference to
Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the
marketing of vegetable seed (3), which corresponds to the
objective of
improving and supporting the quality
mentioned in the above Regulation.

shown that

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003,
p. 64).

(2) OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 25.
(3) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1. the following paragraph is added to Article 17:

‘Member States
within 30 days of
approved for all operational programmes.’;

shall communicate to the Commission,
the total amount of aid

that date,

2.

in Article 26(1), ‘1 June’ is replaced by ‘15 November’;

3.

in Annex I, point 2(d) is replaced by:

‘(d) quality

improvement measures,

certified
mycelium and plants and seed of the categories “basic
seed” and “certified seed”, as defined by Council Directive
2002/55/EC (*);

including

___________
(*) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33.’

4.

in part 3 of Annex III, point 3 is deleted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

However, Article 1(3)
programmes already approved by the Member States.

shall not

apply

to operational

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission