Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891Show full title

Article 77 Notifications

1. Member States shall designate a single competent authority or body responsible for fulfilling the notification obligations with respect to each one of the following topics:

(a) producer groups, producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, and interbranch organisations, as provided for in Article 54;

(b) producer prices of fruit and vegetables on the internal market, as provided for in Article 55;

(c) prices and quantities of the products imported from third countries and sold on the representative import markets referred to in Article 74;

(d) import volumes put into free circulation, as provided for in Article 39 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892.

2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the designation and the contact details of the authority or body concerned, and every change of this information.

The list of the designated authorities or bodies containing their names and addresses shall be made available to the Member States and to the public by every appropriate means via the information systems put in place by the Commission, including publication on the internet.

3. The notifications provided for in this Regulation and in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009(1).

4. If a Member State fails to make a notification as required under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, this Regulation or Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, or if the notification appears incorrect in the light of objective facts in the Commission's possession, the Commission may suspend part or all of the monthly payments referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 as regards the fruit and vegetables sector until the notification is made correctly.

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 of 31 August 2009 laying down detailed rules for the Member States' notification to the Commission of information and documents in implementation of the common organisation of the markets, the direct payments' regime, the promotion of agricultural products and the regimes applicable to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands (OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3).