Cases of force majeure and of exceptional circumstances with relevant evidence to the satisfaction of the competent authority shall be notified in writing to the authority within 10 working days of the date on which the responsible person in the processing undertaking is in a position to do so.
1.Member States shall take all further measures required for the proper application of the common organisation of the market in dried fodder and shall give one another the mutual assistance needed for the purposes of checks required pursuant to this Regulation. In that respect, Member States may, where this Regulation does not provide for appropriate reductions and exclusions, impose appropriate national penalties on producers or other operators in the sector, such as farmers or purchasers involved in the procedure for granting aid, in order to ensure compliance with the conditions for granting aid.
2.Member States shall assist one another to ensure effective controls, and to permit checks on the authenticity of documents submitted and/or the accuracy of the data exchanged.
1.The Member States shall notify the Commission, at the beginning of each quarter, of the quantities of dried fodder in respect of which applications for the aid provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 were lodged during the previous quarter, such particulars to be broken down by the months in which the quantities concerned left the processing undertaking[F1.] [F2These notifications shall not include the quantities referred to in Articles 34 and 34a.]
The Member States shall inform the Commission, not later than 31 May each year, of the quantities of dried fodder in respect of which entitlement to the aid was recognised during the previous marketing year.[F2For the 2005/06 and 2006/07 marketing years, these quantities shall not include the quantities referred to in Articles 34 and 34a. Not later than 31 May 2006 , the Member States shall also inform the Commission of the quantities of dried fodder held in the processing undertakings on 31 March 2006 which, in accordance with Article 34a, have been the subject of an application for the aid provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 for the 2005/06 marketing year during the 2006/07 marketing year and, where appropriate, the aid referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 71(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.]
Notifications of the particulars referred to in the first and second subparagraphs shall distinguish between the categories referred to in Article 2(1). This information will be used by the Commission to determine whether the maximum guaranteed quantity has been complied with.
2.The Member States shall notify the Commission:
(a)not later than 30 April of each year, of the estimated quantities of stocks of dried fodder held in the processing undertakings at 31 March that year;
(b)not later than 30 April 2005, of the quantities of stocks of dried fodder held in the processing undertakings at 31 March 2005 and eligible under the terms of Article 34;
(c)not later than 31 May of each year, of the number of new approvals, approvals withdrawn and provisional approvals in the previous marketing year;
(d)not later than 31 May of each year, of the statistics on the checks carried out under Articles 23 to 28 and the reductions and exclusions applied under Articles 29, 30 and 31, in the previous marketing year, in accordance with Annex III;
[F3(e) not later than 31 May of each year, a comprehensive record of energy used in the production of dehydrated fodder, in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation, and the changes in areas of leguminous and other green fodder subject to processing as referred to in Article 86(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation, in the previous marketing year;]
(f)during the month following the end of each six-month period, of the average moisture contents recorded during the previous six months in fodder to be dehydrated and notified by processing undertakings in accordance with Article 11(4);
(g)not later than 1 May 2005, of the measures adopted to implement Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 and this Regulation, in particular the national penalties provided for in Article 30 of this Regulation.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 432/2006 of 15 March 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 382/2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder.