Commission Regulation (EC) No 2171/2003 of 12 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2171/2003
of 12 December 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 of 14 December 1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries(1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000(2) does not lay down any annual time limits for the submission of programmes to the Member States by trade or intertrade organisations in the Community.
(2) To meet the requests made by some Member States and take advantage of the opportunity to bring Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 into line with Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 of 18 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal market(3), final dates for the submission of new programmes of measures to the Member States should be laid down for those organisations and the conditions for the lodging of the performance security should be standardised.
(3) To comply with the principle of equal treatment of operators, the amendment relating to the security should apply from 1 October 2003.
(4) In the interests of legal certainty, it should be specified that the proposed programmes must comply, in particular, with all the Community legislation covering the products concerned and their marketing.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 should be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Meeting of Management Committees - Promotion of Agricultural Products,