Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185
of 20 April 2017
laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and repealing several Commission Regulations
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
The method to be used to notify the information and documents required to meet the notification obligations laid down in Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 as supplemented by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183, should be laid down and exceptions to that notification method should be specified.
For documents to be recognised as valid for the Commission's purposes it should be possible to guarantee the authenticity, integrity and legibility of the documents and the associated metadata throughout the period for which they are required to be kept.
It is important that information notified is of relevance to the market concerned, accurate and complete and Member States should put in place arrangements to ensure this, including the necessary measures to ensure that economic operators provide them with the required information within appropriate time limits.
For the sake of simplification and reduction of administrative burden, when a Member State has not sent a notification, this should be interpreted by the Commission as a nil notification by the Member State.
Member States may notify additional information that is relevant to the market beyond what is required by this Regulation. The Commission shall make available, through the information system, the necessary form for the transmission of such information.
Information on product prices and production and market information is required for the purpose of monitoring, analysing and managing the market in agricultural products and for the purpose of applying Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. It is accordingly appropriate that rules concerning the notification of this information are laid down.
In order to have a comprehensive picture of price data notified and to follow trends, it is appropriate to require that each price series is defined.
Member States that have not adopted the euro shall report price information in their official currency.
The provisions on notifications in the sugar sector should apply from 1 October 2017 in order to provide for a smooth transition with the ending of the quota system.
Regulations (EC) No 315/2002, (EC) No 952/2006, (EC) No 589/2008, (EC) No 826/2008, (EC) No 1249/2008, (EC) No 436/2009, (EU) No 1272/2009, (EU) No 479/2010, and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 543/2011, (EU) No 1333/2011 and (EU) No 807/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly. Regulations (EC) No 546/2003, (EC) No 1709/2003, (EC) No 2336/2003, (EC) No 2095/2005 and (EC) No 1557/2006 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2011 should be repealed.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee of Direct Payments and the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
CHAPTER IPRINCIPLES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM
Article 1Commission information system and notification method
1.
Notification of information and documents required pursuant to the notification obligations laid down in Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 and in the acts adopted on the basis of those Regulations shall be made by means of an information-technology-based system that the Commission makes available to Member States.
The information and documents shall be set up and notified in accordance with:
(a)
the procedures established for the information system;
(b)
the access rights granted by the single liaison body referred to in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183; and
(c)
the forms made available to users in the information system.
2.
By way of exception to the first paragraph of paragraph 1, Member States may make the required information available to the Commission by mail, by telefax, by electronic mail or by hand:
(a)
if the Commission has not made available the information technology means for a specific notification obligation;
(b)
in cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances which make it impossible for the Member State to use the information system referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 2Integrity and legibility over time
The information system made available by the Commission shall be designed to protect the integrity of the documents notified and held. In particular, it shall:
- (a)
allow each user to be unequivocally identified and shall incorporate effective control measures of access rights in order to protect against illegal, malicious or unauthorised access, deletion, alteration or movement of documents, files or metadata;
- (b)
be equipped with physical protection systems against intrusions and environmental incidents and with software protection against possible cyber-attacks;
- (c)
prevent any unauthorised changes and incorporate integrity mechanisms to check if a document has been altered over time;
- (d)
keep an audit trail for each essential stage of the procedure;
- (e)
safeguard stored data in an environment which is secure in both physical and software terms, in accordance with point (b);
- (f)
provide reliable format conversion and migration procedures in order to guarantee that documents are legible and accessible throughout the entire storage period required;
- (g)
have sufficiently detailed and up-to-date functional and technical documentation on the operation and characteristics of the system; that documentation shall be accessible at all times to the organisational entities responsible for the functional and/or technical specifications.
Article 3Authenticity of documents
The authenticity of a document notified or stored using an information system in conformity with this Regulation is recognised if the person who sent the document is duly identified and if the document has been set up and notified in compliance with this Regulation.
Article 4Protection of personal data
1.
The provisions of this Regulation shall apply without prejudice to Directive 95/46/EC, Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, and Directive 2002/58/EC and the provisions adopted pursuant to them.
2.
Member States shall take the necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of data received from economic operators.
3.
Where information notified to the Commission is obtained from less than three operators, or where information from a single operator accounts for more than 70 % of the quantum of such information notified, the Member State concerned shall signal this to the Commission when notifying the information.
4.
The Commission shall not publish information in such a way that can lead to the identification of an individual operator. Where such a risk exists, the Commission shall only publish such information in an aggregate form.
Article 5Default notification
Save as otherwise provided for in the acts referred to in Article 1, where a Member State has not notified the Commission the required information or documents by the deadline (‘nil return’), the Member State shall be deemed to have notified the Commission:
- (a)
in the case of quantitative information, of a zero value;
- (b)
in the case of qualitative information, of a ‘nothing to report’ situation.
CHAPTER IINOTIFICATIONS ON PRICES, PRODUCTION, MARKET INFORMATION AND THOSE REQUIRED BY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
SECTION 1Notification on prices, production and market information
Article 6Notification on prices, production and market situation
The notification of information on prices required pursuant to the notification obligation laid down in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 shall be made in accordance with Annexes I and II.
The notification of production and markets required pursuant to the notification obligation laid down in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 shall be made in accordance with Annex III.
Article 7Integrity of information
1.
Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that information notified is relevant to the market concerned, accurate and complete. Member States shall ensure that quantitative data notified constitute a consistent statistical series. In the event that a Member State has reason to believe that the information notified might not be relevant, accurate or complete, the Member State concerned shall signal this to the Commission when notifying the information.
2.
Member States shall notify the Commission of any important new information likely to alter substantially information already notified.
3.
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the economic operators concerned provide them with the information required within the appropriate time limits. F1Economic operators must provide the relevant authorities with such information at their disposal and specified in Annexes I, II or III as the relevant authorities request. The relevant authorities may specify the manner in which, and the period within which, such information is to be provided. If no such period is specified, the information must be provided within a reasonable time.
Article 8Additional information
Member States may notify the Commission of information additional to that required in Annexes I, II and III by means of the information system referred to in Article 1 where such information is considered relevant by the Member State concerned. Such notifications shall be made by means of a form made available by the Commission in the system.
Article 9Price definition
1.
For each price notification required by this Section, Member States shall notify the source and methodology used to determine the prices provided. Such notifications shall include information on the representative markets determined by Member States and the associated weighting coefficients.
2.
Member States shall notify the Commission of any changes to the information provided in accordance with paragraph 1.
3.
Member States shall ensure that the Commission has the right to publish data that they notify to the Commission, subject to Article 4.
Article 10Reporting of prices in official currency
Unless otherwise specified in Annexes I, II and III, Member States shall notify price information in their official currency, net of VAT.
Article 11Weekly price monitoring
Unless otherwise specified in Annex I, Member States shall notify the Commission of the weekly price information referred to in that Annex no later than 12.00 (Brussels time) each Wednesday for the previous week.
Article 12Non-weekly price information and production monitoring
Member States shall notify the Commission, within the time limits laid down, of:
- (a)
non-weekly price information referred to in Annex II to this Regulation; and
- (b)
production and market information referred to in Annex III to this Regulation.
SECTION 2Notifications required by international agreements
Article 13WTO domestic support data
1.
Member States shall notify the Commission by 31 October each year of data on national budgetary outlays, including revenue foregone, on domestic support measures in favour of agricultural producers for the previous Union financial year. The notification shall include data on measures co-financed from the Union budget and shall cover both the national and Union components of financing. The notification shall not cover measures wholly financed from the Union budget.
2.
The data required under paragraph 1 shall be that set out in WTO document G/AG/2 on domestic support and shall be notified using the format set out in that document.
Article 14WTO export competition data
1.
Member States shall notify the Commission by 28 February each year of data for the preceding calendar year on the following export competition measures applied by them:
(a)
export financing support (export credits, export credit guarantees or insurance programmes);
(b)
international food aid;
(c)
agricultural exporting state trading enterprises.
2.
The data required under paragraph 1 shall be that set out in the Annex to the WTO Ministerial Decision of 19 December 2015 on export competition and shall be notified using the format set out in that Annex.
CHAPTER IIIFINAL PROVISIONS
Article 15Amendments to several regulations and transitional provisions
1.
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 315/2002 is deleted.
2.
Articles 12, 13, 14, 14a, 15a, 20, 21 and 22 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 are deleted as from 1 October 2017. These provisions will continue to apply in respect of residual notifications relating to the sugar quota system.
3.
Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 is deleted.
4.
Point A of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 is deleted.
5.
Articles 16(8), 17, 25(3), 27(1) and (2), 34(2) and Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 are deleted.
6.
Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 is deleted, with the exception of paragraph 1, point (b)(iii) and paragraph 2 which will continue to apply until 31 July 2017.
7.
Articles 56(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 are deleted.
8.
Articles 1a, 2 and 3 of Regulation (EU) No 479/2010 are deleted.
9.
Article 98 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is deleted.
10.
Article 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1333/2011 is deleted.
11.
Articles 4(2) and (3) and 7 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 807/2013 are deleted.
Article 16Repeal
The following Regulations are repealed:
Regulation (EC) No 546/2003,
Regulation (EC) No 1709/2003,
Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003,
Regulation (EC) No 2095/2005,
Regulation (EC) No 1557/2006,
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2011.
F2Article 16aDefinitions
In this Regulation:
(a)
‘relevant authority’ means:
(i)
in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(ii)
in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(iii)
in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(iv)
in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;
(b)
‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.
Article 17Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Point 1 of Annex II and point 2 of Annex III shall apply as from 1 October 2017.
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Done at Brussels, 20 April 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker
ANNEX IRequirements relating to weekly price F4information
1.Cereals
F5Information: representative market prices for each of the cereals and the cereal qualities considered relevant for the F6market in the United Kingdom, expressed per tonne of product.
Member States concerned: all Member States.
Other: prices shall refer, in particular, to the qualitative properties, the place of quotation and the stage of marketing of each product.
2.F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.Fruit and vegetables
F5Information: a single weighted average price for the types and varieties of fruit and vegetables listed in F9Annex VI of Regulation (EU) 2017/891 meeting the general marketing standard set out in Part A of Annex I F10to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 or for Class I for products covered by a specific marketing standard, expressed per 100 kg net weight of product.
Member States concerned: Member States as specified in Annex XV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, when data are available.
Other: Prices shall be ex-packaging station, sorted, packaged and where applicable on pallets.
5.Bananas
F5Information: wholesale prices for yellow bananas falling within the CN code 0803 90 10, expressed per 100 kg of product.
Member States concerned: all Member States marketing more than 50 000 tonnes of yellow bananas per calendar year.
Other: prices shall be notified by group of countries of origin.
6.Meat
F5Information: prices for beef, pig and sheep carcasses and certain live cattle, calves and piglets as regards the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and the reporting of market prices in accordance with F11legislation made under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Member States concerned: all Member States.
Other: where in the opinion of the competent authority of the Member State concerned there are insufficient numbers of carcasses or live animals to notify, the Member State concerned may decide for the period in question to suspend the recording of prices for such carcasses or live animals and shall notify the Commission of the reason for its decision.
7.Milk and milk products
F5Information: prices of whey powder, skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, butter and commodity cheeses expressed per 100 kg of product.
Member States concerned: Member States whose national production represents 2 % or more of Union production; or, in the case of commodity cheeses, where the cheese type represents 4 % or more of the total national cheese production.
Other: prices shall be F12provided for products purchased from the manufacturer, excluding any other cost (transport, loading, handling, storage, pallets, insurance, etc.) based on contracts concluded for deliveries within three months.
8.Eggs
F5Information: wholesale price for Class A eggs from caged hens (average of categories L and M), expressed per 100 kg of product.
Member States concerned: all Member States.
Other: prices shall be F13provided for products in packing stations. Where the production in cages is no longer representative, the F14information must contain the wholesale price of Class A eggs, produced by laying hens kept in barn systems, expressed per 100 kg.
9.Poultrymeat
F5Information: average wholesale price for whole Class A chickens (‘65 % chickens’), expressed per 100 kg of product.
Member States concerned: all Member States.
Other: prices shall be F15provided for products in slaughter plants or recorded on representative markets. Where another chicken presentation or specific cuts of chicken are important in terms of F16the market structure of the constituent nation concerned, the F17information may contain, in addition to the average wholesale price for whole Class A chickens (‘65 % chickens’), the wholesale price of a different chicken presentation or cuts of Class A quality, specifying the type of presentation or cuts to which the price refers, expressed per 100 kg.
ANNEX IIRequirements relating to non-weekly price F18information
1.Sugar
F19Information
- (a)
the weighted averages of the following sugar prices, expressed per tonne of sugar, as well as the total corresponding quantities and the weighted standard deviations:
- (i)
for the previous month, the selling price;
- (ii)
for the current month, the selling price forecast in the framework of contracts or other transactions;
- (i)
- (b)
the weighted average price of sugar beet during the previous marketing year, expressed per tonne of beet, as well as the total corresponding quantities.
Member States concerned
- (a)
for sugar prices, all Member States where more than 10 000 tonnes of sugar is produced from sugar beet or from raw sugar;
- (b)
for sugar beet prices, all Member States where sugar beet is produced.
Period of notification
- (a)
for sugar prices, by the end of each month;
- (b)
for sugar beet prices, by 30 June each year.
Other
Prices shall be established in line with the methodology published by the Commission and shall relate to:
- (a)
bulk white sugar prices ex-factory for sugar of a standard quality as defined in point B II of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 collected from sugar undertakings and refiners;
- (b)
sugar beet price for sugar beet of a standard quality as defined in point B I of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 paid by sugar undertakings to producers. The beet shall be attributed to the same marketing year as the sugar extracted from it.
2.Flax fibre
F19Information: average prices ex-factory for the previous month recorded on the main representative markets for long flax fibre, expressed per tonne of product.
Member States concerned: all Member States where long flax fibres are produced from a planted area exceeding 1 000 ha of fibre flax.
Period of notification: by 25th of each month in respect of the preceding month.
3.Wine
F19Information: in relation to the wines referred to in point 1 of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013:
- (a)
a summary of the prices for the previous month expressed per hectolitre of wine with reference to the volumes concerned F20.
- (b)
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Member States concerned: Member States whose wine production during the past five years on average exceeded 5 % of the total Union wine production.
Period of notification: by 15th of each month in respect of the preceding month.
Other: prices shall be for product unpacked ex-producer's premises. For the information referred to in F22point (a) F23..., the F24relevant authority shall make a selection of the eight most representative markets to be monitored, which shall include at least two for wines with protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.
4.Milk and milk products
(a)Milk
F19Information: the price of raw milk, and the estimated price for deliveries in the running month, expressed per 100 kg of product at real fat and protein content.
Member States concerned: all Member States.
Period of notification: by the end of each month in respect of the preceding month.
Other: the price shall be that paid by first purchasers established in the F25constituent nation concerned.
(b)Milk products
F19Information: prices for cheeses, other than commodity cheeses referred to in Point 7 of Annex I, expressed per 100 kg of product.
Member States concerned: all Member States for types of cheeses relevant for the national market.
Period of notification: by 15th of each month in respect of the preceding month.
Other: the prices shall relate to cheese purchased from the manufacturer, excluding any other cost (transport, loading, handling, storage, pallets, insurance, etc.) based on contracts concluded for deliveries within three months.
ANNEX IIIRequirements relating to production and market information F26...
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2.Sugar
A.Beet areas
F28Information: sugar beet area for the current marketing year and an estimate for the following marketing year.
Period of notification: by 31 May each year.
F29...
Other: these figures shall be expressed in hectares and broken down by areas intended for production of sugar and those intended for production of bioethanol.
B.Sugar and bioethanol production
F28Information: sugar production and bioethanol production by each undertaking in the previous marketing year and an estimate of sugar production by each undertaking for the current marketing year;
Period of notification: by 30 November each year as regards the previous marketing year production and by 31 March each year F30... as regards the current marketing year production.
F31...
Other
- (a)
‘sugar production’ means the total quantity, expressed in tonnes of white sugar as follows, of:
- (i)
white sugar, disregarding differences in quality;
- (ii)
raw sugar, on the basis of yield determined in accordance with point B.III of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
- (iii)
invert sugar, by its weight;
- (iv)
sucrose or invert sugar syrups which are at least 70 % pure and are produced from sugar beet, on the basis of extractable sugar content or on the basis of real yield;
- (v)
sucrose or invert sugar syrups which are at least 75 % pure and are produced from sugar cane, on the basis of sugar content;
- (i)
- (b)
sugar production shall not include white sugar obtained from any of the products referred to in point (a) or produced under inward processing arrangements;
- (c)
the sugar extracted from beet sown in a particular marketing year shall be attributed to the following marketing year. However, Member States may decide to attribute the sugar extracted from beet sown in the autumn of a particular marketing year to the same marketing year, notifying the Commission of their decision at the latest on 1 October 2017;
- (d)
the figures for sugar shall be broken down by month and, with regard to the current marketing year, shall correspond to provisional figures until the month of February and to estimates for the remaining months of the marketing year.
- (e)
bioethanol production shall only include bioethanol obtained from any of the products referred to in point (a) and shall be expressed in hectolitres.
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D.Sugar F33... stocks
F28Information
- (a)
quantities of sugar production stored at the end of each month by sugar undertakings and refiners;
- (b)
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Period of notification: by the end of each month in respect of the preceding month in question F35....
Member States concerned
- (a)
for sugar, all Member States where sugar undertakings or refiners are located and production of sugar exceeds 10 000 tonnes;
- (b)
F34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other: the figures shall refer to products stored in free circulation F36in the United Kingdom and to sugar production as defined in point B.
With regard to sugar:
the figures shall refer to quantities owned by the undertaking or the refiner or covered by a warrant,
the figures shall specify, for the quantities in storage at the end of the months of July, August and September, the quantity which comes from the production of sugar under the following marketing year,
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3.Fibre crops
F28Information
- (a)
the fibre flax area for the current marketing year and the estimate for the next marketing year, expressed in hectares;
- (b)
the production of long flax fibres for the previous marketing year and an estimate for the current marketing year, expressed in tonnes;
- (c)
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- (d)
F39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (e)
F39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Period of notification
- (a)
for fibre flax area, by 31 July each year;
- (b)
for production of long flax fibres, by 31 October each year;
- (c), (d) and (e)
F39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Member States concerned
- (a) and (b):
for flax, all Member States where long flax fibres are produced from a planted area exceeding 1 000 ha of fibre flax;
- (c), (d) and (e):
F39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.Hops
F28Information: the following production information, given as a total and for information referred to in points (b) to (d), broken down by bitter and aromatic hops varieties:
- (a)
number of farmers growing hops;
- (b)
area planted with hops, expressed in hectares;
- (c)
quantity in tonnes and average farm gate price, expressed per kg of hops sold under a forward contract and without such a contract;
- (d)
alpha-acid production in tonnes and average alpha-acid content (in percent).
Period of notification: by 30 April of the year following the hops harvest.
Member States concerned: Member States with a planted area of more than 200 hectares of hops in the previous year.
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F406.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F407.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.Wine sector products
F28Information
- (a)
estimates of the production of wine products (including vinified and non-vinified grape must) F41in the constituent nation concerned during the current wine year;
- (b)
the definitive result of the production declarations referred to in F42Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/273, as well as an estimate of the production not covered by such declarations;
- (c)
a summary of the stock declarations referred to in F43Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/273, held at 31 July of the previous wine year;
- (d)
the final balance sheet of the previous wine year including full information on availabilities (opening stocks, production, imports), uses (human and industrial consumption, transformation, exports and losses) and final stocks.
Period of notification
- (a)
estimates of production, by 30 September each year;
- (b)
definitive result of the production declarations, by 15 March each year;
- (c)
summary of stock declarations, by 31 October each year;
- (d)
final balance sheet, by 15 January each year.
Member States concerned: Member States that maintain an updated vineyard register in accordance with Article 145(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
9.Milk and milk products
F28Information: the total quantity of cow's raw milk, expressed in kilograms at real fat content.
Period of notification: by the 25th of each month.
Member States concerned: all Member States.
Other: the quantities refer to milk delivered in the preceding month to first purchasers established in the F44constituent nation concerned. F45The relevant authorities shall ensure that all first purchasers established in their territory declare F46... the quantity of cow's raw milk that has been delivered to them each month in a timely and accurate manner F47....
10.Eggs
F28Information: the number of eggs production sites with the breakdown by farming methods referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 589/2008, including the maximum capacity of the establishment in terms of number of laying hens present at one time.
Period of notification: by 1 April each year;
Member States concerned: all Member States.
11.Ethyl alcohol
F28Information: for alcohol of agricultural origin, expressed in hectolitres of pure alcohol:
- (a)
production by fermenting and distilling, broken down by the agricultural raw material from which the alcohol is produced;
- (b)
the volumes transferred from alcohol producers or importers for processing or packaging, broken down by category of use (food and beverages, fuels, industrial/Others).
Period of notification: by 1 March each year in respect of the previous calendar year.
Member States concerned: all Member States.