Article 2(4) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 479/2010 provides that the ‘ex-factory price’ notified by the Member States to the Commission has to relate to the sales that have been invoiced in the reference period.

Whilst invoices are reliable official accountancy documents, restricting the source of prices only to invoices may prevent Member States from using other available reliable sources of prices. Depending on the product, these other available reliable sources of prices may better reflect the prevailing market situation. Therefore, the notification of prices resulting from contracts concluded in the reference period should also be allowed.

Practice has shown that the notification deadline for the monthly prices referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 479/2010 is difficult to be met in several Member States and does not allow them to provide the Commission with definitive prices. The accuracy of the notified prices should be improved by an extension of the deadline.

It is appropriate to better describe the survey method used as regards the origin of the price data and the way that data should be collected by the competent authorities.

It is necessary to reconcile the information on the export licences notified by the Member States on monthly basis with that notified on a daily basis. Therefore, additional information is required in the monthly notifications.

Regulation (EU) No 479/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,