Commission Regulation (EC) No 793/2006 (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

TITLE V GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 47 Communications

1. As regards the specific supply arrangements, the competent authorities shall send to the Commission, no later than the 15th day of the month following the end of each quarter, the following data relating to the previous months of the reference calendar year, by product and CN code and, where applicable, by individual destination:

(a) the quantities broken down according to whether they are imported from third countries or dispatched from the Community;

(b) the amount of aid and the expenditure actually paid by product and, where applicable, by individual destination;

(c) the quantities for which licences and certificates have not been utilised, broken down by category of licence or certificate;

(d) any quantities re-exported or redispatched under Article 16 and the unit amounts and totals of recovered aid;

(e) any quantities re-exported or redispatched after processing in accordance with Article 18;

(f) transfers within an overall quantity for a category of products and amendments to the forecast supply balances during the period;

(g) the available balance and the utilisation rate.

The data provided for in the first subparagraph shall be supplied on the basis of the licences and certificates utilised.

2. As regards support for local production, the Member States shall notify the Commission:

(a) not later than 31 March of each year, of the aid applications received and the amounts involved for the previous calendar year;

(b) not later than 31 July of each year, of the aid applications definitively eligible and the amounts involved for the previous calendar year.

Article 48 Report

1. The report provided for in Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 shall contain inter alia;

(a) any significant changes in the socio-economic and agricultural environment;

(b) a summary of the available physical and financial data on the implementation of each measure, followed by an analysis of the data and, where necessary, a presentation and analysis of the sector to which the measure relates;

(c) the progress of the measures and priorities in relation to the specific and general objectives on the date of presentation of the report, using quantified indicators;

(d) a brief account of any major problems encountered in managing and implementing the measures;

(e) an examination of the results of all the measures, taking account of their reciprocal links;

(f) for the specific supply arrangements:

• (f) data and an analysis relating to price trends and the manner in which the advantage granted was passed on, as well as the measures taken and the checks performed to ensure that it was passed on,

• taking account of the other aid available, an analysis of the proportionality of the aid in relation to the additional cost of transport to the outermost regions and the prices applied to exports to third countries and, in the case of products intended for processing and agricultural inputs, the additional costs of insularity and distant location;

(g) an indication, based on objective indicators, of the extent to which the objectives assigned to each of the measures contained in the programme have been achieved;

(h) data on the annual supply balance of the region concerned in terms of, inter alia, consumption, headage developments, production and trade;

(i) data on the amounts actually granted for the implementation of programme measures on the basis of the criteria defined by the Member States, such as the number of eligible producers, the number of animals covered by the payment, the eligible surface area or the number of holdings concerned;

(j) information on the financial implementation of each measure under the programme;

(k) statistics on the checks carried out by the competent authorities and any penalties applied;

(l) the comments of the Member State concerned on the implementation of the programme.

2. For 2006 the report shall contain an assessment of the impact, on stockfarming and on the agricultural economy in the region concerned, of the aid programme for traditional activities relating to the production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat.

Article 49 Amendments to programmes

1. Amendments to programmes approved under Article 24(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 shall be submitted to the Commission for approval.

However, such approval shall not be necessary for the following amendments:

(a) in the case of forecast supply balances, Member States may amend the level of aid and the quantities of products which may be covered by the supply arrangements;

(b) in the case of Community support programmes for local production, Member States may adjust by up to 20 % the financial allocation for each measure and the unit amount of aid above or below the amounts in force at the time when the request for amendment is presented.

2. Member States shall notify the Commission once a year of the planned amendments. However, Member States may notify amendments at any time in cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances. If the Commission has no objections to the planned amendments, they shall apply from the first day of the second month following that in which they were notified.

Article 50 Financing of studies, demonstration projects, training or technical assistance measures

The amount required to finance studies, demonstration projects, training and technical assistance measures provided for in a programme approved under Article 24(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 for the purposes of implementing that programme may not exceed 1 % of the total amount of financing for the programme.

Article 51 Additional national measures

Member States shall take all the additional measures required to apply this Regulation.

Article 52 Reduction of advances

Without prejudice to the general rules on budgetary discipline, where the information transmitted by the Member States to the Commission under Articles 47 and 48 is incomplete or the time limit for transmitting that information has not been complied with, the Commission may reduce advances on entry in the accounts of agricultural expenditure on a temporary and flat-rate basis.

Article 53 Repeal

Regulations (EEC) No 388/92, (EEC) No 2174/92, (EEC) No 2233/92, (EEC) No 2234/92, (EEC) No 2235/92, (EEC) No 2039/93, (EEC) No 2040/93, (EC) No 1418/96, (EC) No 2054/96, (EC) No 20/2002, (EC) No 1195/2002, (EC) No 43/2003, (EC) No 995/2003, (EC) No 14/2004 and (EC) No 188/2005 are hereby repealed.

References to the repealed Regulations shall be construed as references to this Regulation and are to be read in conjunction with the correlation table in Annex IX.

Article 54 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply for each Member State concerned as from the date on which the Commission notifies its approval of the relevant Member State's programme, in accordance with Article 24(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006.