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PART IU.K.INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Article 1U.K.Scope

1.This Regulation establishes a common organisation of the markets for the products of the following sectors, as provided further in Annex I:

(a)cereals, Part I of Annex I;

(b)rice, Part II of Annex I;

(c)sugar, Part III of Annex I;

(d)dried fodder, Part IV of Annex I;

(e)seeds, Part V of Annex I;

(f)hops, Part VI of Annex I;

(g)olive oil and table olives, Part VII of Annex I;

(h)flax and hemp, Part VIII of Annex I;

(i)fruit and vegetables, Part IX of Annex I;

(j)processed fruit and vegetables, Part X of Annex I;

(k)bananas, Part XI of Annex I;

(l)wine, Part XII of Annex I;

(m)live plants and products of floriculture, Part XIII of Annex I (hereinafter referred to as the live plants sector);

(n)raw tobacco, Part XIV of Annex I;

(o)beef and veal, Part XV of Annex I;

(p)milk and milk products, Part XVI of Annex I;

(q)pigmeat, Part XVII of Annex I;

(r)sheepmeat and goatmeat, Part XVIII of Annex I;

(s)eggs, Part XIX of Annex I;

(t)poultrymeat, Part XX of Annex I;

(u)other products, Part XXI of Annex I.

[F12. In respect of the wine sector, only Article 195 of this Regulation shall apply.]

3.This Regulation establishes specific measures for the following sectors as listed and, as the case may be, as further defined in Annex II:

(a)ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, Part I of Annex II (hereinafter referred to as the agricultural ethyl alcohol sector);

(b)apiculture products, Part II of Annex II (hereinafter referred to as the apiculture sector);

(c)silkworms, Part III of Annex II.

[F24. In respect of potatoes, fresh or chilled of CN code 0701, Chapter II of Part IV shall apply.]

Article 2U.K.Definitions

1.For the purposes of application of this Regulation, the definitions concerning certain sectors as set out in Annex III shall apply.

2.For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a)‘farmer’ shall mean a farmer as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;

(b)‘paying agency’ shall mean the body or the bodies assigned by a Member State in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005;

(c)‘intervention price’ shall mean the price at which products shall be bought into public intervention.

Article 3U.K.Marketing years

The following marketing years shall be established:

(a)

1 January to 31 December of a given year for the banana sector;

(b)

1 April to 31 March of the following year for:

(i)

the dried fodder sector;

(ii)

the silkworm sector;

(c)

1 July to 30 June of the following year for:

(i)

the cereals sector;

(ii)

the seeds sector;

(iii)

the olive oil and table olives sector;

(iv)

the flax and hemp sector;

(v)

the milk and milk products sector;

(d)

1 September to 31 August of the following year for the rice sector;

(e)

1 October to 30 September of the following year for the sugar sector.

[F2For products of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors, the marketing years shall, if necessary, be fixed by the Commission.]

Article 4U.K.Commission powers

Save as otherwise provided for by this Regulation, where powers are conferred upon the Commission, it shall act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2).

Article 5U.K.Implementing rules

The Commission may adopt the detailed rules for the application of Article 2.

The Commission may amend the definitions concerning rice set out in Part I of Annex III and the definition of ‘ACP/Indian sugar’ set out in point 12 of Part II of that Annex.

The Commission may also fix the conversion rates for rice at various stages of processing, the processing costs and the value of by-products.