Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2092 of 25 August 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 with regard to notifications by Member States of recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations

• Published date: 31 October 2022
• Date of Signature: 25 August 2022
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 281, 31 October 2022
• Subject Matter: Protocollo su Irlanda/Irlanda del Nord,Organizzazione comune dei mercati agricoli,Ortofrutticoli,Ortofrutticoli trasformati,Protocole sur l’Irlande et l’Irlande du Nord,Organisation commune des marchés agricoles,Fruits et légumes,Fruits et légumes transformés,Protokoll zu Irland/Nordirland,Gemeinsame Organisation der Agrarmärkte,Obst und Gemüse,Verarbeitetes Obst und Gemüse

31.10.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 281/18

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/2092

of 25 August 2022

amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 with regard to notifications by Member States of recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Articles 173(1) and 223(2), point (a), thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 lays down specific rules on the recognition of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations and empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts in that respect.

(2) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that Member States must inform the Commission of their decisions to grant, refuse or withdraw recognitions for producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations during the previous calendar year.

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232 (2) lays down rules that clarify, among other things, the scope of the notifications of Member States to the Commission with regard to those decisions.

(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 (3) lays down the information to be included in the annual report of Member States in the field of fruit and vegetables sector and processed fruit and vegetables sector. In order to avoid any duplication between the notification requirements laid down in this act and those laid down in other sectoral notification channels, Annex V, Part A, point 2, to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 should be deleted and all information referred to therein should be notified under Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232.

(5) The current notification system provided for in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232 does not enable the Commission to establish the total number of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations recognised by the Member States. The reason is that the annual notifications by Member States only cover the previous year’s recognitions or withdrawals. Moreover, there are different notification channels used depending on the agricultural sector concerned. The whole system should therefore be streamlined and, in particular, reporting on the recognition decisions should be improved.

(6) In a number of instances, the common agricultural policy (CAP) provides for specific financing rules and competition derogations for recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations. The information about such recognised entities including their number is therefore important so that the effectiveness of policy measures concerning recognised entities under the CAP can be monitored and assessed. To this end, the information to be submitted by Member States should give accurate information about the overall number of recognised entities in Member States as well as the names of the entities and, where applicable, their identification number, including the indication as to which of those entities have implemented an operational programme in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) during the previous financial year.

(7) When recognised producer organisations also have non-producers as their members, it is important to identify the number of producers in the total membership. This enables the Commission to draw conclusions on trends and developments of the markets and ultimately ensure optimal monitoring of the policy.

(8) In accordance with Commission

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