CELEX: 32016R0225
Language: en
Date: 2016-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/225 of 17 February 2016 fixing the maximum volume of product per Member State and the period for lodging applications for exceptional private storage aid for the remaining unused quantities of certain cheeses from those set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1852

18.2.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 41/10
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/225
   of 17 February 2016
   fixing the maximum volume of product per Member State and the period for lodging applications for exceptional private storage aid for the remaining unused quantities of certain cheeses from those set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1852
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to the 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),
   Having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1852 of 15 October 2015 opening a temporary exceptional private storage aid scheme for certain cheeses and fixing in advance the amount of aid (2), in particular Article 15 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1852 opened a temporary exceptional private storage aid scheme for certain cheeses and fixed in advance the amount of aid.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1852 sets 15 January 2016 as the last date for the submission of applications for aid.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Ireland, France, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom notified the Commission of their wish to continue using the private storage aid scheme.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               A quantity of 68 123 tonnes remained unused after 15 January 2016. It is therefore appropriate to make that quantity available to those Member States which notified their wish to further make use of the private storage aid scheme and to set a breakdown of that quantity per Member State, taking into account the quantities applied for by Member States until 15 January 2016.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               A new period for lodging applications for aid should be set.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1852 for the implementation of the private storage aid scheme for certain cheeses should apply mutatis mutandis to the implementation of the scheme set out by this Regulation,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Subject matter
   The maximum volume of product per Member State subject to the temporary exceptional private storage aid scheme for the remaining unused quantities of cheeses as provided for in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1852 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   The rules laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1852 for the implementation of the scheme shall apply mutatis mutandis to the quantities set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   Applications for aid
   Applications for aid may be lodged as from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The last date for the submission of applications shall be 30 September 2016.
   Article 3
   Entry into force
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 17 February 2016.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         Jean-Claude JUNCKER
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
   
      (2)  OJ L 271, 16.10.2015, p. 15.
   
      ANNEX
      
                  Member State
               
               
                  Maximum quantities
                  (tonnes)
               
            
                  Ireland
               
               
                  4 127
               
            
                  France
               
               
                  6 340
               
            
                  Italy
               
               
                  27 025
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  2 616
               
            
                  Netherlands
               
               
                  16 526
               
            
                  Finland
               
               
                  694
               
            
                  Sweden
               
               
                  2 126
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  8 669
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  68 123