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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 of 13 March 2017 supplementing 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 and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to penalties to be applied in those sectors and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011

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ANNEX IIIU.K.Non-exhaustive list of actions and expenditure eligible under operational programmes referred to in Article 31(1)

1.

Specific costs for:

  • quality improvement measures;

  • biological plant protection materials (such as pheromones and predators) whether used in organic, integrated or conventional production;

  • environmental actions referred to in Article 33(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

  • organic, integrated or experimental production, including specific costs for organic seeds and seedlings;

  • monitoring of compliance with the standards referred to in Title II of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, with plant-health rules and with maximum level of residues.

Specific costs shall mean the additional costs, calculated as the difference between the conventional costs and the costs actually incurred, and income foregone resulting from an action excluding additional income and costs savings.

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2.

Administrative and personnel costs relating to the implementation of operational funds and operational programmes which shall include:

(a)

overheads specifically related to the operational fund or operational programme, including management and personnel costs, reports and evaluation studies, and the costs of keeping accounts and the management of accounts, by means of the payment of a standard flat rate up to a maximum of 2 % of the operational fund as approved in accordance with Article 33 and up to a maximum of EUR 180 000, comprising both the [F2financial assistance referred to in Articles 32(1)(b) and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013] and the producer organisation contribution.

In the case of operational programmes submitted by recognised associations of producer organisations, overheads shall be calculated as the addition of the overheads of each producer organisation as provided for in the first paragraph but limited to a maximum of EUR 1 250 000 per association of producer organisations.

[F3Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from restricting] funding to the real costs, in which case [F4it] should define the eligible costs;

(b)

personnel costs including legally compulsory charges linked to wages and salaries, if these are directly borne by the producer organisation, association of producer organisation or subsidiaries in the situation referred to in Article 22(8) subject to [F5approval by the appropriate authority], by cooperatives which are a member of the producer organisation, resulting from measures:

(i)

to improve or maintain a high level of quality or environmental protection;

(ii)

to improve the level of marketing.

The implementation of these measures shall essentially involve the use of qualified personnel. If, in such cases, the producer organisation uses its own employees or producer members, the time worked shall be documented.

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(c)

legal and administrative costs of mergers of producer organisations F7...; feasibility studies and proposals commissioned by producer organisations in this respect.

3.

Costs of meetings and training programmes where they are related to the operational programme, including daily allowances, transport and accommodation costs F8...

4.

Promotion of:

  • brands/trademarks of producer organisation, associations of producer organisations and subsidiaries in the situation referred to in Article 22(8),

  • generic promotion and promotion of quality labels,

  • costs for promotional printing on packaging or on labels under any of the first and second indents on the condition that it is provided for in the operational programme.

Geographical names are allowed only if:

(a)

they are a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication, covered by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1); or

(b)

in all cases where point (a) does not apply, these geographical names are secondary to the principal message.

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6.

Purchase of land not built on where purchase is necessary to carry out an investment included in the operational programme provided it costs less than 10 % of all the eligible expenditure on the operation concerned; in exceptional and duly justified cases, a higher percentage can be fixed for operations concerning environmental conservation.

7.

Purchase of equipment, including second hand equipment provided it has not been purchased with [F11support from European Union or public funds] in a period of seven years preceding the purchase.

8.

Investments in means of transport where the producer organisation duly justifies to the [F12appropriate authority] that the means of transport shall only be used for transport internal to the producer organisation; and investments in additional on-the-truck facilities for cold-storage or controlled atmosphere transport.

9.

Leasing, including of second hand equipment which has not received [F13support from European Union or public funds] in a period of seven years preceding the leasing, within the limits of the net market value of the item.

10.

Hire of equipment or other items where economically justified as an alternative to purchase, at the approval of the [F14appropriate authority] .

11.

Investments in shares or capital of companies contributing directly to the achievement of the goals of the operational programme.

12.

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13.

Costs related to the negotiation and to implementation and management of third country phytosanitary protocols in the [F16United Kingdom] if borne by the producer organisation or association of producer organisations as a part of crisis prevention and management measures referred to in Article 33(3) F17... (c) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, except for reimbursement of third country expenses.

14.

Costs related to promotion and communication measures referred to in Article 14 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892. Eligible costs under these measures shall be costs related to the organisation and participation in promotion and information events, including public relations work, promotion and information campaigns and may take the form of participation in events, fairs and exhibitions of national F18...and international importance. Costs related to technical advisory services are eligible if they are necessary for the organisation or participation of these events or for promotion and information campaigns.

Textual Amendments

F7Words in Annex 3 point 2(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(29)(a), 7(a)

F16Words in Annex 3 point 13 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(29)(b)(i), 7(a)

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Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).

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