This regulation amends two existing EU implementing regulations by deleting specified provisions and sets its own application date.
31.10.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 281/16 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2091 of 25 August 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 511/2012 with regard to notifications by Member States of recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations in the fruit and vegetables and the milk and milk products sectors THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to 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), and in particular Articles 174(1), point (a), 174(2), point (a) and 223(3), point (b), thereof, Whereas: (1) | Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 lays down specific rules on the recognition of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations and empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts in that respect. ---|--- (2) | Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that Member States must inform the Commission of their decisions to grant, refuse or withdraw recognitions for producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations during the previous calendar year. ---|--- (3) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 (2) lays down certain reporting obligations for recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and transnational organisations of such entities in the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors. ---|--- (4) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 511/2012 (3), lays down, among other things, reporting obligations in relation to recognised producer organisations, associations of recognised producer organisations and interbranch organisations in the milk and milk products sector. ---|--- (5) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232 (4) as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2092 (5) provides for an improved and streamlined notification system of recognised national and transnational producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations in a uniform manner for all sectors. Accordingly, the rules on notifications by Member States laid down in that Regulation apply to information on recognised producer organisations in all sectors of agricultural products listed in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, including the information currently required under Article 21 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 as regards the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors and under Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 511/2012 as regards the milk and milk products sector. ---|--- (6) | In order to avoid that Member States have to provide twice the required information, it is appropriate to amend Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/892 and (EU) No 511/2012. ---|--- (7) | In order to ensure that there is no disruption between the old and the new notification regimes, the rules laid down in this Regulation should apply as of 1 January 2023. ---|--- (8) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In Part A of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, point 2 is deleted. Article 2 Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 511/2012 is deleted. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2023. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 August 2022. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. (2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 of 13 March 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 57). (3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 511/2012 of 15 June 2012 on notifications concerning producer and interbranch organisations and contractual negotiations and relations provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in the milk and milk products sector (OJ L 156, 16.6.2012, p. 39). (4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232 of 15 December 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to certain aspects of producer cooperation (OJ L 44, 19.2.2016, p. 1). (5) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2092 of 25 August 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 with regard to notifications by Member States of recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations (See page 18 of this Official Journal). * * *