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Official Journal of the European Union
19.6.2013
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 565/2013
of 18 June 2013
amending Regulations (EC) No 1731/2006, (EC) No 273/2008, (EC) No 566/2008, (EC) No 867/2008,
(EC) No 606/2009, and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 543/2011 and (EU) No 1333/2011 as
regards the notification obligations within the common organisation of agricultural markets and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 491/2007
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards
methods for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk
and milk products ( 4 ), (EC) No 566/2008 of 18 June
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Union,
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the
marketing of the meat of bovine animals aged 12
months or less ( 5 ), (EC) No 867/2008 of 3 September
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards oper
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
ators’ organisations in the olive sector, their work
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
programmes and the financing thereof ( 6 ) and (EC) No
Article 192(2), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
606/2009 of 10 July 2009 laying down certain detailed
rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine
Whereas:
products, oenological practices and the applicable restric
tions ( 7 ), and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
792/2009
of
31
August
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
2009 laying down detailed rules for the Member States’
1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and
notification to the Commission of information and
processed fruit and vegetables sectors ( 8 ).
documents in implementation of the common organi
sation of the markets, the direct payments’ regime, the
promotion of agricultural products and the regimes
(4) In the interest of efficient administration and taking
applicable to the outermost regions and the smaller
account of the experience, some notifications should be
Aegean islands
( 2 ), establishes common rules for
simplified, specified or deleted.
notifying information and documents by Member States
to the Commission. Those rules cover in particular the
obligation for the Member States to use the information
(5) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
491/2007
of
3
May
systems made available by the Commission and the vali
2007 laying down detailed rules for implementing
dation of the access rights of the authorities or indi
Council Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 as regards the
viduals authorised to send notifications. Regulation (EC)
communication of data concerning seeds (
No 792/2009 also sets common principles applying to

9 ) covers only
notifications which are no longer useful due to the end
the information systems so that they guarantee the auth
of the specific aid for certain species of seeds.
enticity, integrity and legibility over time of the
documents and provides for personal data protection.
The obligation to use these information systems has to
(6) Implementing
Regulation
(EU)
No
543/2011
foresees
in
be provided for in each regulation establishing a specific
its Article 135 a notification of customary market days
notification obligation.
for the representative markets. Since the electronic notifi
cation system allows to notify prices daily, it is no longer
necessary to notify customary market days.
(2) The
Commission
has
developed
an
information
system
that allows managing documents and procedures elec
tronically in its own internal working procedures and
in its relations with the authorities involved in the
(7) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No
common agricultural policy.
1333/2011 (


10 ) foresees in its Article 9 an obligation to
notify the Commission of the list of traders marketing
bananas granted the exemption from checks on
(3) Several
notification
obligations
can
be
fulfilled
via
that
conformity with marketing standards. This notification
system, in particular those provided for in Commission
has not proved to be useful for ensuring compliance
Regulations (EC) No 1731/2006 of 23 November 2006
with those marketing standards in the banana sector. It
on special detailed rules for the application of export
should therefore be deleted.
refunds in the case of certain preserved beef and veal
products ( 3 ), (EC) No 273/2008 of 5 March 2008
( 4 ) OJ L 88, 29.3.2008, p. 1.
laying down detailed rules for the application of
( 5 ) OJ L 160, 19.6.2008, p. 22.
( 6 ) OJ L 237, 4.9.2008, p. 5.
( 7 ) OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 1.
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 8 ) OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.
( 9 ) OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 3.
( 3 ) OJ L 325, 24.11.2006, p. 12.
( 10 ) OJ L 336, 20.12.2011, p. 23.

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Regulations (EC) No 1731/2006, (EC) No 273/2008,
Article 4
(EC) No 566/2008, (EC) No 867/2008 and (EC) No
606/2009, and Implementing Regulations (EU) No
In Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 867/2008, paragraph 4 is
543/2011 and (EU) No 1333/2011, should therefore
replaced by the following:
be amended accordingly. Regulation (EC) No 491/2007
‘4. The
communications
provided
for
in
this
Article
shall
should be repealed.
be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
792/2009 (*).
accordance with the opinion of the Management
___________
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Market,
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 5
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 is amended as follows:
Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1731/2006 is replaced by the
following:
(1) in Article 4, the following paragraph 5 is added:
‘Article 5
‘5. The
notification
of
information
or
documents
to
the
Commission provided for in point (c) of paragraph 1 and
Additional control measures
paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be made in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 (*).
1. The
Member
States
shall
lay
down
more
detailed
measures for controlling production of the preserved
___________
products and shall notify the Commission thereof. In
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’;
particular, they shall take all necessary steps to exclude any
possibility of substitution of the raw materials used or of the
products in question.
(2) point 2 of Appendix 3 of Annex I A is replaced by the
following:
2. The
notifications
referred
to
in
paragraph
1
shall
be
made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
‘2. Greece shall notify the Commission in advance if it
792/2009 (*).
intends to amend the provisions referred to in
paragraph 1(b). That notification shall be made in
___________
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 792/2009. If the
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’.
Commission does not respond within two months of
such notification, Greece may implement the planned
amendments.’;
Article 2
(3) in point 3 of Annex I B, Part A, the second sentence is
Regulation (EC) No 273/2008 is amended as follows:
replaced by the following:
(1) Article 19 is deleted;
‘Member States shall notify the Commission, in advance and
(2) the following Article 19a is inserted:
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 792/2009, of all the
necessary technical information for the wines concerned,
‘Article 19a
including their product specifications and the annual quan
Notifications
tities produced.’;
The notifications provided for in Article 2, Article 4(1) and
(4) in point 3 of Annex I C, the second paragraph is replaced
in Annex III C shall be made in accordance with
by the following:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 (*).
‘Member States shall notify those derogations to the
___________
Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
792/2009. The Commission shall then inform the other
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’.
Member States.’.
Article 6
Article 3
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is amended as
Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 566/2008 is replaced by the
follows:
following:
(1) in Article 134, point (a) of paragraph 1 is replaced by the
‘Article 9
following:
Notifications
‘(a) the average representative prices of the products
The notifications provided for in Article 4(1) and (3),
imported from third countries sold on the represen
Article 6(3) and Article 8(1) and (2) shall be made in
tative import markets listed in Annex XVII, and
accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
significant prices recorded on other markets for large
792/2009 (*).
quantities of imported products, or, where no prices for
the representative markets are available, significant
___________
prices for imported products recorded on other
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’.
markets; and’;

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(2) Article 135 is deleted;
Article 7
In Article 9 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1333/2011,
(3) in Article 146, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 is deleted.
Article 8
‘3. The
notifications
provided
for
in
Article
9(2),
Article 18(3) and (4), Articles 97 and 128, Article 129(1),
Regulation (EC) No 491/2007 is repealed.
Articles 130 and 131 and in this Article and the request
Article 9
provided for in Article 92(1), shall be made in accordance
with Regulation (EC) No 792/2009.’;
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
(4) the title of Annex XVII is replaced by the following: ‘Rep
resentative markets referred to in Article 134(1)(a)’.
It shall apply from 1 July 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 June 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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