THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008, and in particular Article 20(4) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 3(1)(e) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 906/2014 provides for the financing of the depreciation of agricultural products stored in public intervention.
(2)
Points 1, 2 and 3 of Annex V to Delegated Regulation (EU) No 906/2014 lay down the method for calculating the depreciation percentage, which is to be applied in the form of a coefficient. The depreciation percentage at the time of the buying in of the agricultural products must not exceed the difference between the buying in price and the estimated disposal price for each of the products concerned. That percentage is to be fixed for each product before the beginning of each accounting year. The Commission may also restrict the depreciation at the time of buying in to a fraction of that depreciation percentage, but that fraction may not be less than 70 % of the overall depreciation.
(3)
The coefficient for skimmed milk powder to be applied by the Member States to the monthly buying in values in the 2019 accounting year should therefore be fixed.
(4)
In the interest of a sound management of the expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, the Commission should be notified of the expenditure resulting from the application of the depreciation coefficients,
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