Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/709
of 14 May 2018
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 as regards the labels requirement pertaining to the aid applications concerning the areas used for the production of hemp
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/20081, and in particular Article 78, first subparagraph, point (b) thereof,
Whereas:
Pursuant to point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 17(7) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/20142, the single application has to contain, for areas used for the production of hemp, the official labels used on the packaging of the seeds in accordance with Council Directive 2002/57/EC3.
Article 9(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/20144 as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/7075 includes an alternative certification of hemp seed in the case of conservation varieties according to Commission Directive 2008/62/EC6.
It is therefore appropriate to amend point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 17(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 and specify the documents to be admitted as official labels in the case of conservation varieties certified according to Directive 2008/62/EC.
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Direct payments,
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