Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/709
of 14 May 2018
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards the labels requirement pertaining to the aid applications concerning the areas used for the production of hemp
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
It is therefore appropriate to amend point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 17(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 and specify the documents to be admitted as official labels in the case of conservation varieties certified according to Directive 2008/62/EC.
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Direct payments,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In the first subparagraph of Article 17(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014, point (c) is replaced by the following:
‘(c)
the official labels used on the packaging of the seeds in accordance with Council Directive 2002/57/EC7, and in particular Article 12 thereof, or any other document recognised as equivalent by the Member State; or, in the case of conservation varieties certified in accordance with Commission Directive 2008/62/EC8, the supplier's labels or the printed or stamped notice used on the packaging of the seeds of conservation varieties as referred to in Article 18 of that Directive.’.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 May 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker