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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Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector (repealed)
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1.The system to be used by the Member States in accordance with Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in order to determine the tetrahydrocannabinol (hereinafter referred to as THC) content of the crops grown shall be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2.The competent authority of the Member State shall keep the records related to THC findings. At least such records shall comprise for each variety the results in terms of THC content from each sample expressed in percentage to two decimal places, the procedure used, the number of tests carried out, an indication of the point at which the sample was taken and measures taken at national level.
However, if the THC content of any sample exceeds that laid down in Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) 73/2009, the Member State shall notify the Commission, by electronic means using the form made available to them by the Commission, by 15 November of the marketing year in question at the latest, a report on all the THC findings in respect of such variety. Such report shall indicate the results in terms of THC content from each sample expressed in percentage to two decimal places, the procedure used, the number of tests carried out, an indication of the point at which the sample was taken and measures taken at national level.
3.If an average of all the samples of given variety exceeds the THC content as laid down in Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Member States shall use procedure B of Annex I to this Regulation for the variety concerned in the course of the following marketing year. This procedure shall be used in the course of the next marketing years unless all of the analytical results of given variety are below the THC content as laid down in Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
If for the second year the average of all the samples of a given variety exceeds the THC content as laid down in Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the Member State shall request authorisation to prohibit the marketing of such variety in accordance with Article 18 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC(1). Such request shall be sent to the Commission by 15 November of the marketing year in question at the latest. From the following year the variety subject of this request is not eligible for direct payments in the Member State concerned.
4.Crops of hemp shall continue to be cultivated under normal growing conditions in accordance with local practice for at least 10 days from the date of the end of flowering so that the checks provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 can be made.
However, the Member States may authorise hemp to be harvested after flowering has begun but before the end of the 10-day period after the end of flowering, provided the inspectors indicate which representative parts of each plot concerned must continue to be cultivated for at least 10 days following the end of flowering for inspection purposes, in accordance with the method laid down in Annex I.
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