Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

4.3. Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001 concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees(1)

As regards Directive 2001/109/EC, the Commission should be empowered to amend the list of species of fruit trees and the table of species surveyed in the Member States, to adopt the detailed rules for the application of certain articles and to determine the boundaries of the production areas to be adopted for Member States. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2001/109/EC, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 2001/109/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

the third subparagraph of Article 1(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘The list of said species and the said table may be amended by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(2).’;

2.

Article 2(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2. Detailed rules for the organisation of the surveys that provide relevant results shall be adopted by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(2).’;

3.

Article 3(4) shall be replaced by the following:

‘4. Detailed rules for the random sampling arrangements shall be adopted by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(2).’;

4.

Article 4(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2. The results referred to in paragraph 1 shall be supplied for each production area. The boundaries of the production areas to be adopted for Member States shall be determined by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(2).’;

5.

Article 8 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC(2).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and (5)(a) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’

(1)

OJ L 13, 16.1.2002, p. 21.

(2)

OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.’