Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products

The purpose of the proposed Regulation (EU) of the Council and of the Parliament replacing the trade arrangements for Processed Agricultural Products/non-Annex I goods, currently laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products is:

- to align it with the legal obligation to differentiate between delegated and implementing powers of the Commission, introduced by Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

- to align it with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council [COM(2010)799 final] establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products. This Regulation is the proposed single Common Market Organisation for agricultural products (sCMO) after its alignment to the legal requirements of the Lisbon Treaty concerning delegated and implementing powers of the Commission).

- to align it with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council [COM(2011)626 final] establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products. This Regulation is the proposed single Common Market Organisation for agricultural products (sCMO) after its adaptation to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) towards 2020 and to the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020.

- to align it with Council Regulation [COM(2011)629 final] determining measures on fixing aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.

- to update the Annexes to the current Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 and to integrate the Annexes I and II to implementing Regulation (EC) No 578/2010 in the basic act, taking into account that Regulation [COM(2011) 626 final] does not provide for an Annex replacing Annex XX to Regulation (EU) No 1234/2007.

- to align the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin, actually laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 614/2009 of 7 July 2009 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin, to the Lisbon Treaty and its differentiation between delegated and implementing powers. For reasons of rationalisation, harmonisation and simplification, the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin - processed agricultural products which are not included in Annex I to the Treaty and which do not fall under the single Common Market Organisation for agricultural products – is proposed to be integrated in the trade regime applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, actually laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009.

- to simplify and update the current legal text which, although codified in 2009, has been in place since 1993 without major changes, improve its readability and its understandability and provide a more clear and solid legal basis for implementing rules. For reasons of clarity and simplification, overlaps with other legal texts such as Regulation (EEC) No 2913/1992 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs code, Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) have been removed.

- to create a solid legal framework for the management of the reduced import duties and import quotas as provided for by Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and for the management of the export refund system and adapt the text to current practices in FTAs and export refunds.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)106: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:106:FIN

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