Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2391 of 10 September 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 as regards certain reporting requirements, certain notifications to the Commission of information, and documents in the agricultural markets sector
Date: 2024-09-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, agricultural production, aid to agriculture, common organisation of markets, data protection, exchange of information, information system, personal data, provision of documents, single market




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2024/2391


11.9.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2391
of 10 September 2024
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 as regards certain reporting requirements, certain notifications to the Commission of information, and documents in the agricultural markets sector
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 223(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Reporting requirements play a key role in ensuring proper monitoring and correct enforcement of legislation. However, it is important to streamline those requirements in order to ensure that they fulfil the purpose for which they were intended and to limit the administrative burden.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 (2) lays down the rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the obligations on Member States to notify relevant information and documents to the Commission. That Implementing Regulation contains a number of reporting requirements in the field of agricultural and food markets transparency, which should therefore be simplified, in line with the Commission’s Communication on ‘Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030’ (3).












(3)


Ensuring the quality of the collected and disseminated data is essential to monitor and ensure adequate market transparency. Member States are therefore obliged to notify the Commission of the data needed to pursue these aims.












(4)


While it remains the responsibility of the Member States to take the necessary steps to ensure that the information notified to the Commission is relevant for the market concerned, accurate and complete, the Commission is to make use of its sectoral expertise to determine which data are to be published and under which form or aggregation level.












(5)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 had been amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1746 (4) which introduced new notification obligations for Member States, to improve the collection of statistical data necessary for the analysis of price formation mechanisms along the agricultural and food supply chain, to assist economic operators and public authorities in making more informed choices.












(6)


Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 had been amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/791 (5) which introduced new notification obligations to Member States as regards levels of stocks of cereals, oilseeds and rice, including production and levels of stocks of certified seeds.












(7)


After over 3 years of application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1746 and one and a half year of application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/791, it appears that certain provisions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 need to be clarified or adapted to improve the quality of the data collected and the efficiency of the data collection process.












(8)


The publication of the Union sugar production figures at Member State level for all Member States, including the ones with less than three economic operators, would increase market transparency by giving farmers, including beet growers, access to information necessary for them to better interpret market signals and cope with increased market volatility. It would also reduce information asymmetries and improve the position of these farmers in the context of their negotiations of delivery contracts with the sugar producers. To avoid any risk in terms of confidentiality of the data and in terms of distortion of competition, in particular the risk of collusion between economic operators, the production data should be published after the relevant decisions on production levels for the following marketing year have been taken.












(9)


The deadlines for Member States to notify the methodologies used to determine the information provided should be clarified.












(10)


The collection of retail buying prices has proven to be difficult for a significant number of Member States. While the information remains relevant, in particular in the context of the recent farmer protests and the discussions on strengthening the position of the farmers on the food supply chain, monthly notifications should be sufficient for the purpose of prices monitoring. The weekly notifications mandated for some products should therefore be changed to monthly notifications, thereby harmonising the notification periodicity for all retail buying prices. Member States that wish to provide additional information in the form of weekly buying prices should be allowed to do so.












(11)


An insufficient alignment with the reporting requirements laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 (6) and between methodologies applied by Member States does not ensure a sufficient comparability of data, undermining the value of the information notified for fruit and vegetables. It is therefore necessary to improve the clarity of the data to be provided along the whole supply chain in order to improve market transparency and to complete the reporting of fruit and vegetable prices up to the end of the supply chain, including the requirement to notify the prices at retail selling prices. To limit the administrative burden on Member States, the frequency of the notifications of buying and selling retail prices should be limited to once per month.












(12)


Due to the importance of ware potatoes on the Union market and as they form an important part of the diet, ware potatoes should also be added as a new product for which prices should be notified. An important part of the overall production of certain fruits and vegetables is destined to processing. Getting up-to-date information about the produced quantity destined for fresh consumption is key to ensure market transparency due to the impact of the produced quantity on available quantities and prices. Therefore, it is necessary to add such production information to the required notifications.












(13)


To enable the publication of a weighted average buying price for sugar at Union level, it is necessary that the buying prices for sugar notified to the Commission under point 3 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 are accompanied by information on the sugar quantities purchased by the different types of economic operators corresponding to these prices.












(14)


The hemp sector should benefit from the same level of market transparency as the other fibre crops sectors, namely flax and cotton. To alleviate the workload corresponding to the new notifications for the hemp sector, the monthly notification of the average ex-factory prices for flax should become annual.












(15)


The market relevance of certain grapevine products other than those referred to in point (1) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 requires expanding the grapevine products subject to price monitoring and notification to also cover certain ‘sparkling wines’, as referred to in points (4), (5) and (6) of that Part II. Furthermore, the growing extension of the vineyard area under organic farming in the Union, in line with the ambition and targets set for organic production in the Union, which represented 13 % of total vineyard area in 2020, and the increasing importance of organic products for producers and consumers, demand that prices of representative organic wines be monitored and notified by producing Member States.












(16)


In view of the specificities of the rice market, the notification requirements should be reviewed. In most Member States, the small size of the rice sector in some cases makes data collection overly cumbersome. To alleviate the burden on stakeholders and Member State statistical offices, it is therefore necessary to limit notifications to monthly total stock levels for ‘Japonica’ and ‘Indica’ rice, without making differences on the basis of CN codes. In addition, it should no longer be necessary to make a difference between imported and domestically produced rice.












(17)


The period of notification for certified seed stocks captures data when these stocks are at their maximum level, post-harvest and pre-sowing. During this period, these data are most relevant and complete, giving clear information on the availability of certified seeds for the purpose of assessing the status of the Union’s food security. The February period of notification does not raise an issue in this regard. The mid calendar year reporting deadline however should reflect the variations in sowing and harvesting dates between Member States and crops, which can be significant around this period. To ensure data is relevant, accurate and complete, Member States should therefore notify mid calendar year certified seed stocks as soon as possible after harvesting concludes, and before sowing starts for each crop. Member States should, as part of their notifications of the methodology used to determine the information provided, communicate to the Commission the expected reporting date for these mid calendar year certified seed stocks, for each crop. The reporting date should not be later than September each year.












(18)


The content of the notification of the sugar and isoglucose stocks should be further clarified to indicate that the imported quantities need to be incorporated.












(19)


Data on wine production and other market information, including stocks, are currently reported annually by Member States. Production and stocks notified are based on the declarations by producers and other operators referred to in Articles 31 and 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 (7) and the specific rules laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 (8). While this yearly frequency is suitable to monitor production, it is not sufficient to monitor the evolution of the level of stocks, which strongly influences the situation of the market along the marketing year. A more detailed notification breakdown of the production and the stocks by colours and types of wine would facilitate the assessment of disparate market situations at Union level, facilitating the consideration of policy measures that are fit for particular needs.












(20)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(21)


It is appropriate to provide for a date of application of this Regulation that would give Member States the possibility to adapt to the new reporting obligations. To this purpose, modifications to existing notification obligations should apply from 3 months after entry into force of this Regulation. For new notification obligations, the date of application should depend on the complexity for the Member States to develop the appropriate data collection methodology and arrangements. New notification obligations on ware potatoes and fruit and vegetables retail selling prices should apply from 6 months after entry into force of this Regulation. New notification obligations on hemp prices should apply from 1 October 2025. New notification obligations on fruit and vegetables produced quantities for fresh consumption should apply from 1 March 2026. The modified notification system on wine production and market situation should apply from 1 July 2025, and the new system of notifications on wine prices should apply from 1 October 2025.












(22)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 4, the following paragraph 5 is added:

‘5.   Paragraph 4 shall not apply in the case of sugar production for Member States with less than three economic operators, provided that the respective Member State agrees that the Commission publishes this information. The Commission shall not publish this information before the month of March of the marketing year following the marketing year concerned.’
;









(2)


Article 9 is amended as follows:






(a)


paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   For each price and quantity notification required by this Section, Member States shall notify the source and methodology used to determine the information provided within 6 months after the application date of the notification obligation. Such notifications shall include information on the representative markets determined by Member States and the associated weighting coefficients.’
;









(b)


paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.   Member States shall notify the Commission of any changes to the information provided in accordance with paragraph 1. Such information shall be notified at the latest at the time of the first data notification according to the modified source or methodology. Member States shall aim to ensure the methodological stability that supports data series continuity.’
;













(3)


Annexes I, II and III are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.






Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 1, point (3) shall apply from 18 December 2024.
However, the notification obligations referred to in the following points of the Annexes to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 as amended by this Regulation shall apply from the following dates:






(a)


the notification obligation on ware potatoes referred to in point 5(a) of Annex I and the notification obligation on retail selling prices referred to in point 8(e) of Annex II shall apply from 18 March 2025;










(b)


the notification obligation on wine prices referred to in point 6 of Annex II and the notification obligation on hemp prices referred to in point 3(i) of Annex III shall apply from 1 October 2025;










(c)


the notification obligation on wine production and market situation referred to in point 7 of Annex III shall apply from 1 July 2025;










(d)


the notification obligation on fruit and vegetables produced quantities for fresh consumption referred to in point 7a of Annex III shall apply from 1 March 2026.








This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 September 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 of 20 April 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and repealing several Commission Regulations (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 113, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/1185/oj).

(3)  Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030 (COM(2023) 168).

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1746 of 1 October 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents (OJ L 268, 22.10.2019, p. 6, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/1746/oj).

(5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/791 of 19 May 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 as regards the notification of levels of stocks of cereals, oilseeds and rice (OJ L 141, 20.5.2022, p. 15, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/791/oj).

(6)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 of 13 March 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to penalties to be applied in those sectors and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2017/891/oj).

(7)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information, and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks and penalties, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC) No 607/2009 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2018/273/oj).

(8)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations and notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2018, p. 60, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/274/oj).




ANNEX
Annexes I, II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 are amended as follows:






(1)


Annex I is amended as follows:






(a)


in point 4, ‘Olive oil’, the paragraph ‘Buying prices’ is deleted;










(b)


point 5 is replaced by the following:






‘5.



Fruit and vegetables, bananas and potatoes







(a)




Prices of fruit and vegetables and potatoes intended for the fresh market



Content of the notification: representative prices for the products, types and varieties of fruit and vegetables listed in Annex VI to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 (*1) and ware potatoes.

Member States concerned: Member States listed in Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 as regards fruit and vegetables.

Other: prices shall be notified:






(i)


for fruit and vegetables, as referred to in Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891,










(ii)


for ware potatoes, only potatoes intended to be sold to consumers at fresh stage, with a size that do not pass a square mesh of 35 mm × 35 mm but can pass a square mesh of 75 mm × 75 mm, in packages below 10 kg. Price shall be notified for conventional non-organic products, ex-packaging station, sorted, packaged and, where applicable, on pallets, expressed per 100 kg net weight of product.














(b)




Prices of bananas



Content of the notification: wholesale prices for yellow bananas falling within the CN code 0803 90 10 ,

Member States concerned: all Member States marketing on average more than 50 000 tonnes of yellow bananas per year over the period of 5 last calendar years.

Other: prices shall be notified:






(i)


for conventional non-organic products,










(ii)


national weighted average price per country of origin,










(iii)


expressed per 100 kg net weight of product.














(c)




Farmgate prices



Content of the notification: representative prices of tomatoes, apples, oranges, peaches and nectarines and bananas intended for fresh consumption for the types and varieties listed in Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891.

Member States concerned: Member States listed in Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891. Regarding bananas, Member States listed in Annex II, point 8(b), of this Regulation.

Other: prices shall be notified:






(i)


for conventional non-organic products,










(ii)


at the farmgate and products harvested, non-conditioned and in field harvest packs,










(iii)


by product, type and variety, as relevant. For prices reported by type and variety, a national weighed average price per product, except for tomatoes, shall also be notified,










(iv)


prices expressed per 100 kg of product.













(*1)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 of 13 March 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to penalties to be applied in those sectors and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2017/891/oj).’;"
                        










(c)


in point 6, ‘Meat’, the paragraph ‘Buying prices’ is deleted;










(d)


in point 7, ‘Milk and milk products’, the paragraph ‘Buying prices’ is deleted;










(e)


in point 9, ‘Poultry meat’, the paragraph ‘Buying prices’ is deleted;














(2)


Annex II is amended as follows:






(a)


in point 3, ‘Sugar’, the paragraph ‘Buying prices’ is replaced by the following:

                                    ‘
                                    
Buying prices



Content of the notification: retailers’, food and non-food industry’s (other than biofuel) representative weighted averages of sugar and molasses buying prices, expressed per tonne of product, as well as the total corresponding quantities for each type of operator (retailers, food and non-food industry).

Period of notification: by the 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.

Other: representative prices shall be established in line with the methodology published by the Commission.’;










(b)


point 4. ‘Flax fibre’ is deleted;










(c)


in point 5. ‘Olive oils and table olives’, the following paragraph is added:

                                    ‘
                                    
Buying prices



Content of the notification: retailers’ representative buying prices for the categories virgin olive oil and extra virgin olive oil referred to in Part VIII of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, expressed per 100 kg of product.

Period of notification: by the 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.

Other: representative prices shall correspond to conditioned virgin olive oil and extra virgin olive oil in containers ready to be offered to final consumers and shall cover at least one third of the national purchases of the product concerned.’;










(d)


point 6 ‘Wine’ is amended as follows:






(i)


the paragraph ‘Content of the notification’ is replaced by the following:

                                                ‘
                                                Content of the notification: the national weighted averages of the prices for the previous month, expressed per hectolitre of product, for the following product categories:






(a)



Wine: for the grapevine products referred to in point (1) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, broken down in six classes: red/rosé and white, respectively for wines with protected designation of origin, wines with protected geographical indication, and wines without geographical indication;










(b)



Sparkling wine: for the grapevine products referred to in points (4), (5) and (6) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 combined in a single class, for products with a geographical indication irrespective of their colour;










(c)



Organic wine: (i) for the grapevine products referred to in point (1) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, broken down in two classes: red/rosé and white wine with protected designation of origin; (ii) for sparkling wines as referred to in points (4), (5) and (6) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, all colours together, for products with geographical indication.’;














(ii)


the paragraph ‘Other’ is replaced by the following:

                                                ‘
                                                Other: prices shall be notified for products in bulk ex-producer’s premises. For the sparkling wines referred to in point (b) and point(c)(ii), the prices shall be notified for the base wine used to produce them:






—


For the information referred to in points (a) and (b), the Member States concerned shall select the most representative wine markets covering a minimum share of 70 % of the national production for each of the product class defined in ‘Content of the notification’ of this point. The information referred to in points (a) and (b) may not include organic grapevine products.










—


For the information referred to in point (c) the selection shall cover at least 50 % of the national production of the product class concerned.’;


















(e)


paragraph (b) of point 7 ‘Milk and milk products’ is amended as follows:






(i)


the paragraph ‘Period of notification’ is replaced by the following:

                                                ‘
                                                Period of notification: by the 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.’;










(ii)


the following paragraph is added:

                                                ‘
                                                
Buying prices



Content of the notification: retailers’ and other food business operators’ representative buying prices of butter and relevant cheeses expressed per 100 kg of product.

Period of notification: by the 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.’;














(f)


point 8 is replaced by the following:






‘8.



Fruit and vegetables, bananas and potatoes







(a)




Prices for organic fresh fruit and vegetables



Content of the notification: representative prices of organic tomatoes, apples, oranges, peaches and nectarines for the types and varieties listed in Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891.

Period of notification: by the 25th each month in respect of the preceding month.

Other: prices of organic products shall be notified in the same way as referred to in Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 for conventional products.










(b)




Prices for green bananas



Content of the notification:






(a)


representative prices on local markets of green bananas, marketed in the region of production and related quantities;










(b)


national weighted average price per country of origin;










(c)


representative prices of conventional non-organic green bananas, marketed outside the region of production and related quantities;










(d)


forecast of the data referred to in points (a) and (c) for the two subsequent periods of notification.





Period of notification:






—


by 15 June each year in respect of the previous period from 1 January to 30 April,










—


by 15 October each year in respect of the previous period from 1 May to 31 August,










—


by 15 February each year in respect of the previous period from 1 September to 31 December.





Member States concerned: Member States with a region of production, namely:






(a)


the Canary Islands;










(b)


Guadeloupe;










(c)


Martinique;










(d)


Madeira and the Azores;










(e)


Crete;










(f)


Cyprus.





Other:







(i)


prices for green bananas marketed in the Union outside their region of production shall be at the first port of unloading (goods not unloaded),










(ii)


prices shall be expressed per 100 kg of product.














(c)




Farmgate prices



Content of the notification: representative prices of tomatoes, apples and oranges, peaches and nectarines intended for processing.

Period of notification:







(a)


for tomatoes for processing, by 31 January in respect of the previous calendar year;










(b)


for the other products, by the 25th each month in respect of the preceding month.





Other: prices shall be notified:






(i)


expressed per 100 kg of product,










(ii)


at farmgate and products harvested.














(d)




Retail buying prices



Content of the notification: representative retail buying prices of tomatoes, apples, oranges, peaches and nectarines for the types and varieties listed in Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891.

Period of notification: by the 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.

Other: prices shall be notified:






(i)


for conventional non-organic products,










(ii)


by product, type and variety, as relevant. For prices reported by type and variety, a national weighed average price per product, except for tomatoes, is also notified,










(iii)


expressed per 100 kg net weight of product.














(e)




Retail selling prices



Content of the notification: representative retail selling prices of tomatoes, apples, oranges, peaches and nectarines, and yellow bananas for types and varieties listed in Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, and ware potatoes.

Member States concerned: in case of yellow bananas, all Member States marketing on average more than 50 000 tonnes of yellow bananas per year over the period of the 5 last calendar years.

Period of notification: by the 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.

Other: prices shall be notified:






(i)


for conventional non-organic products,










(ii)


at retail-shelf for the most representative retailers,










(iii)


by product, type and variety, as relevant. For prices reported by type and variety, a national weighed average price per product, except for tomatoes, is also notified,










(iv)


for ware potatoes, only potatoes intended to be sold to consumers at fresh stage, with a size that do not pass a square mesh of 35 mm × 35 mm but can pass a square mesh of 75 mm × 75 mm, in packages below 10 kg,










(v)


expressed per 100 kg net weight of product.’;






















(g)


in point 9, ‘Meat’, the following paragraph is added:

                                    ‘
                                    
Buying prices



Content of the notification: retailers’ and other food business operators’ representative buying prices for pig and beef minced meat, expressed per 100 kg of product.

Period of notification: by the 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.’;










(h)


in point 10, ‘Poultry’, the following paragraph is added:

                                    ‘
                                    
Buying prices



Content of the notification: retailers’ and other food business operators’ representative buying prices for whole Class A chickens (“65 % chickens”) and chicken breast fillets, expressed per 100 kg of product.

Period of notification: by the 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.’;














(3)


Annex III is amended as follows:






(a)


point 1a is replaced by the following:






‘1a.



Rice


Content of the notification: for each of the types of rice referred to in Part I, points 2 and 3, of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013:






(a)


area planted, agronomic yield, production of paddy rice in the harvest year and milling yield;










(b)


domestic use (including by the processing industry) of rice expressed in milled equivalent;










(c)


combined monthly levels of stocks of rice (expressed in milled equivalent) held by producers and rice mills separated out into “Japonica” (Part I, point 2(a), point 2(b) and point 2(c)(i), of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013) and “Indica” (Part I, point 2(c)(ii), of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013).





Period of notification: by 15 January each year in respect of the previous year as regards area planted and domestic use; by the end of each month in respect of the preceding month as regards “Japonica” and “Indica” total monthly stocks.

Member States concerned:







(a)


for paddy rice production, all rice producing Member States;










(b)


for domestic use, all Member States;










(c)


for rice stocks, all rice producing Member States and Member States with rice mills.’;


















(b)


in point 1d, ‘Certified seed’, the paragraph ‘Period of notification’ is replaced by the following:

                                    ‘
                                    Period of notification: by 15 November each year in respect of area harvested in that year as regards area accepted for certification; by 15 January each year in respect of the previous year as regards harvested seed; by the end of February, and between the end of July and the end of September, as soon as possible after harvesting is completed and before sowing starts for each crop, in respect of the preceding month as regards stocks.’;










(c)


in point 2D, ‘Sugar and isoglucose stocks’, the paragraph ‘Content of the notification’ is replaced by the following:

                                    ‘
                                    Content of the notification:







(a)


quantities of sugar production, including imports, stored at the end of each month by sugar undertakings and refiners;










(b)


quantities of isoglucose production, including imports, stored by isoglucose producers at the end of the previous marketing year.’;














(d)


point 3, ‘Fibre crops’, is replaced by the following:






‘3.



Fibre crops


Content of the notification:







(a)


the fibre flax area for the previous marketing year and the estimate for the current marketing year, expressed in hectares;










(b)


the production of long flax fibres for the previous marketing year and an estimate for the current marketing year, expressed in tonnes;










(c)


the weighted average prices ex-factory during the previous marketing year, recorded on the main representative markets for long flax fibre, expressed per tonne of product;










(d)


the area planted with cotton for the previous crop year and an estimate for the current crop year, expressed in hectares;










(e)


the production of unginned cotton for the previous crop year and an estimate for the current crop year and, expressed in tonnes;










(f)


the average price of unginned cotton paid to cotton producers in respect of the previous crop year, expressed per tonne of product;










(g)


the area planted with hemp as defined in Article 189(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for the previous marketing year and the estimate for the current marketing year, expressed in hectares;










(h)


the production of hemp fibres for the previous marketing year and an estimate for the current marketing year, expressed in tonnes;










(i)


the weighted average prices ex-factory during the previous marketing year, recorded on the main representative markets for hemp fibre, expressed per tonne of product.





Period of notification: by 31 October each year in respect of planted area, production and weighted average prices ex-factory.

Member States concerned:







(a)


for flax, all Member States where long flax fibres are produced from a planted area exceeding 1 000 ha of fibre flax;










(b)


for cotton, all Member States where at least 1 000 ha of cotton are sown;










(c)


for hemp, all Member States where hemp fibres are produced from a planted area exceeding 1 000 ha of fibre hemp.’;


















(e)


point 7 is amended as follows:






(i)


in the paragraph ‘Content of the notification’, point (c) is replaced by the following:






‘(c)


Stocks: (i) a summary of the stock declarations of wine and must of the previous wine marketing year held at 31 July referred to in Article 32 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273; and (ii) quarterly summaries of the stocks held at 31 October, 31 January, and 30 April for the ongoing marketing year.
Stocks referred to in point (c) shall be notified broken down by colour (red/rosé, white) and product type (wine with protected designation of origin, wine with protected geographical indication, wine without geographical indication and must).’;














(ii)


in the paragraph ‘Period of notification’, points (b), (c) and (d) are replaced by the following:






‘(b)


definitive result of the production declaration: by 15 February each year;










(c)


stocks: summary of stocks declarations held at 31 July, by 15 October each year, and quarterly summaries of stocks by 15 December, 15 March, 15 June held at the respective dates indicated in point (c) of the content of the notification;










(d)


final balance sheet: by 15 October each year in relation to previous marketing year.’;


















(f)


the following point 7a. is inserted:






‘7a.



Fruit and vegetables


Content of the notification: produced quantities of tomatoes, apples, oranges, peaches and nectarines meant for fresh consumption.

Member States concerned: Member States listed in Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891.

Period of notification: for apples, oranges, peaches and nectarines meant for fresh consumption yearly notification on 31 March of year N + 1 for year N, for tomatoes 31 May of year N + 1 for year N.

Other: prices shall be notified expressed in tonnes of fresh product.’.














(*1)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 of 13 March 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to penalties to be applied in those sectors and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2017/891/oj).’;’



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