Council Regulation (EC) No 615/2008Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 615/2008 of 23 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers

Article 1U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.This Regulation lays down specific measures on agriculture to remedy the difficulties caused by the remote and insular nature of the smaller Aegean islands, hereafter referred to as the “smaller islands”.’;

2.

Article 3(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.Specific supply arrangements are hereby introduced for the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty (“the agricultural products”), which are essential in the smaller islands for human consumption, for the manufacture of other products or as agricultural inputs.’;

3.

Article 6 shall be deleted;

4.

Article 7(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.The support programme shall contain the measures needed to ensure continuity and development of local lines of agricultural production in the smaller islands within the scope of Title II of Part Three of the Treaty.’;

5.

Article 9(e) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(e)

the steps taken to ensure the support programme is implemented effectively and appropriately, including the arrangements for publicity, monitoring and evaluation;’.