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17.10.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
276/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 994/2013
of 16 October 2013
amending Regulations (EC) No 952/2006, (EC) No 967/2006, (EC) No 555/2008, and (EC) No
1249/2008 as regards the communication and the notification obligations within the common
organisation of agricultural markets
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(3) Several
communication
and
notification
obligations
can
be fulfilled via that system, in particular those provided
for in Commission Regulations (EC) No 952/2006 ( 3 ),
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
(EC) No 967/2006 ( 4 ), (EC) No 555/2008 ( 5 ) and (EC)
Union,
No 1249/2008 ( 6 ).
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
(4) In the interest of efficient administration and taking
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
account of the experience, some communications and
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
notifications should be simplified, specified or deleted.
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 192(2), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
(5) Regulation
(EC) No 555/2008 foresees in its
Whereas:
Article 100(2) a simplified notification when only zero
values have to be communicated. Since the information
system includes a simplified procedure for sending these
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
792/2009
( 2 ), estab
notifications, the notification procedure of this Article is
lishes common rules for notifying information and
no longer necessary.
documents by Member States to the Commission.
Those rules cover in particular the obligation for the
Member States to use the information systems made
(6) In
Regulation
1249/2008,
a
supplementary
notification
available by the Commission and the validation of the
on the slaughter of cattle with a view to calculate the
access rights of the authorities or individuals authorised
weighing coefficient referred to in its Article 18 should
to send notifications. Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 also
be established.
sets common principles applying to the information
systems so that they guarantee the authenticity,
integrity and legibility over time of the documents and
provides for personal data protection. The obligation to
(7)
Regulations (EC) No 952/2006, (EC) No 967/2006, (EC)
use those information systems has to be provided for in
No 555/2008, and (EC) No 1249/2008 should therefore
each Regulation establishing a specific notification
be amended accordingly.
obligation.
( 3 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 of 29 June 2006 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC)
No 318/2006 as regards the management of the Community market
(2) The
Commission
has
developed
an
information
system
in sugar and the quota system (OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 39).
that allows managing documents and procedures elec
( 4 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 of 29 June 2006 laying
tronically in its own internal working procedures and
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC)
in its relations with the authorities involved in the
No 318/2006 as regards sugar production in excess of the quota (OJ
common agricultural policy.
L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 22).
( 5 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying
down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine as
( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 of 31 August 2009
regards support programmes, trade with third countries, production
laying down detailed rules for the Member States’ notification to
potential and on controls in the wine sector (OJ L 170, 30.6.2008,
the Commission of information and documents in implementation
p. 1).
of the common organisation of the markets, the direct payments’
( 6 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 of 10 December 2008
regime, the promotion of agricultural products and the regimes
laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community
applicable to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean
scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the
islands (OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3).
reporting of prices thereof (OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 3).

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Official Journal of the European Union
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(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in (2) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
‘1. The communications and notifications to the
Markets,
Commission referred to in this Regulation shall be made
in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
792/2009 (*).
Article 1
___________
Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 is replaced by the
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’;
following:
‘Article 58
(3) paragraph 2 is deleted.
Communications and notifications
Article 4
The communications and notifications referred to in
Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 is amended as follows:
Article 5(3) and in Articles 12, 21 and 22 shall be made
in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
(1) in Article 19, the following point (d) is added:
792/2009 (*).
‘(d) the total number of adult bovine animals slaughtered in
___________
the previous calendar year broken down for each
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’
category, conformation and fat cover classes.’;
(2) the following Article 39a is inserted:
Article 2
‘Article 39a
In Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006, the following
paragraph 5 is added:
Communications and notifications
‘5. The communications referred to in Article 4(3), in
The communications and notifications to the Commission
Articles 10 and 17 and in this Article shall be made in
referred to in this Regulation, with the exception of those
accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
referred to in Article 36 shall be made in accordance with
792/2009 (*).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 (*).
___________
___________
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’
(*) OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.’
Article 3
Article 5
Article 100 of Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 is amended as
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
follows:
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
(1) the title ‘Communications’ is replaced by ‘Communications
and notifications’;
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 October 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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