Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER IV MEASURES TO ASSIST LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Article 15 Measures

1. The support programme contains the measures necessary in order to ensure continuity and development of local lines of agricultural production in the smaller islands under the scope of Part Three, Title III of the Treaty.

2. The part of the programme which includes measures to assist local agricultural production shall comprise at least the following elements:

(a) a quantified description of the current agricultural production situation, taking into account the results of available evaluations, showing disparities, gaps and potential for development and the financial resources deployed;

(b) a description of the strategy proposed, the priorities selected, its quantified general and operational objectives, and an appraisal showing the expected economic, environmental and social impact, including employment effects;

(c) a description of the measures envisaged, and in particular aid schemes for implementing them, and, where appropriate, information on the need for any studies, demonstration projects, training or technical assistance operations relating to the preparation, implementation or adaptation of the measures concerned;

(d) a list of the aid constituting direct payments in accordance with Article 2(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers(1);

(e) the aid amount established for each measure and the provisional amount for each action in order to achieve one or more objectives for the programme.

3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts concerning requirements for the provision of the aid described in paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

4. The programme may include measures to support production, processing, marketing and transport of raw and processed agricultural products in the smaller islands.

Each measure may include a variety of actions. For each action, the programme shall define at least the following elements:

(a) the beneficiaries;

(b) the eligibility conditions;

(c) the unit amount of aid.

The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 21 concerning the conditions for establishing the amount of aid awarded in respect of the support for the marketing and transport of raw and processed products outside the region in which they are produced, and, where appropriate, concerning the conditions for establishing the quantities of products subject to that aid.

Article 16 Controls and wrongful payments

1. Verification of measures provided for in this Chapter shall be conducted by administrative and on-the-spot checks.

2. In the event of wrongful payments, the beneficiary concerned shall be required to reimburse the amounts in question. Article 80 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(1)

OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.

(2)

OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 65.