CELEX: 32008R0145
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 145/2008 of 19 February 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers

20.2.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 44/9
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 145/2008
   of 19 February 2008
   amending Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 (2) lays down the rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, concerning, inter alia, the conditions for the verification of the tetrahydrocannabinol content in hemp growth.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004, the Member States have notified to the Commission the results of the tests to determine the tetrahydrocannabinol levels in the hemp varieties sown in 2007. Those results should be taken into account when drawing up the list of varieties of hemp eligible for direct payments in the coming marketing years and the list of varieties temporarily authorised for the marketing year 2008/2009.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Following a request submitted by Romania in accordance with Article 33(4) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004, two new varieties of hemp should be included as eligible for direct payments.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 is replaced by the text in 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.
   It shall apply from the marketing year 2008/2009.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 19 February 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2007 (OJ L 284, 30.10.2007, p. 11).
   
      (2)  OJ L 141, 30.4.2004, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1550/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 79).
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX II
            VARIETIES OF HEMP ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS
            (a)   Hemp varieties
            Beniko
            Carmagnola
            Chamaeleon
            CS
            Delta-Llosa
            Delta 405
            Denise
            Dioica 88
            Epsilon 68
            Fedora 17
            Felina 32
            Felina 34 – Félina 34
            Ferimon - Férimon
            Fibranova
            Fibrimon 24
            Futura 75
            Kompolti
            Red Petiole
            Santhica 23
            Santhica 27
            Silesia
            Uso-31
            (b)   Hemp varieties authorised in the marketing year 2008/2009
            Bialobrzeskie
            Cannakomp
            Diana (1)
            
            Fasamo
            Kompolti hibrid TC
            Lipko
            Lovrin 110
            Silvana
            UNIKO-B
            Zenit (1)
            
         
      
      
         (1)  Only in Romania, as authorised by Commission Decision 2007/69/EC (OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 167).