Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 178/2014

of 6 November 2013

supplementing Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/20061, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 11(2), the third subparagraph of Article 15(4) and Article 18(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 has repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/20062. Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts. In order to ensure the smooth functioning of the scheme in the new legal framework, the relevant rules have to be adopted by means of such acts. The new rules shall replace the implementing rules of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1914/20063.
(2)

In order to ensure that operators fully exercise their rights to participate in the specific supply arrangements, the conditions for recording them in the register of operators should be determined. Registered operators should be entitled to benefit from the arrangements provided that they meet the obligations laid down in Union and national rules. Applicants should be entitled to registration provided that they meet a certain number of objective requirements designed to facilitate the administration of the scheme.

(3)

In order to support the marketing of products outside the region in which they are produced, the conditions for establishing the amount of aid awarded in respect of such products and, where appropriate, the conditions for establishing the quantities of products subject to that aid should be established. Consequently, additional rules should be laid down relating to the support for the marketing of certain local products determining the conditions for establishing the maximum amount of aid to be awarded and the maximum quantities of product that can be subject to that aid.

(4)

In order to ensure a reasonable and proportional allocation of the financing with regard to studies, demonstration projects, training and technical assistance measures, the conditions for determining the maximum annual amount which may be allocated to those measures should be established.

(5)

For the sake of clarity and legal certainty, Regulation (EC) No 1914/2006 should be repealed,

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