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Document 32017D1161
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1161 of 23 June 2017 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159 laying down the procedures for the submission of applications for grants and requests for payment, and the information relating thereto, in respect of the emergency measures against plant pests referred to in Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 4221)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1161 of 23 June 2017 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159 laying down the procedures for the submission of applications for grants and requests for payment, and the information relating thereto, in respect of the emergency measures against plant pests referred to in Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 4221)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1161 of 23 June 2017 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159 laying down the procedures for the submission of applications for grants and requests for payment, and the information relating thereto, in respect of the emergency measures against plant pests referred to in Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 4221)
C/2017/4221
IO L 167, 30.6.2017, p. 39–54
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
30.6.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 167/39 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/1161
of 23 June 2017
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159 laying down the procedures for the submission of applications for grants and requests for payment, and the information relating thereto, in respect of the emergency measures against plant pests referred to in Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2017) 4221)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC (1), and in particular Article 36(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159 (2) lays down the procedures for the submission of applications for grants and requests for payment, and the information relating thereto, in respect of the emergency measures against plant pests referred to in Regulation (EU) No 652/2014. |
(2) |
In accordance with Article 54 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, point (d) of Article 18(1) of that Regulation applies from 1 January 2017. In order to include costs of compensating the owners concerned for the value of the destroyed plants, plants products or other objects subject to the measures referred to in Article 18 of that Regulation, under the measures foreseen in Article 1 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159, that Decision needs to be amended accordingly. |
(3) |
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Amendment to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159
Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159 is amended as follows:
(1) |
the first subparagraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following: ‘In order to be granted a financial contribution of the Union the Member States shall provide, within 2 months from the official confirmation of the presence of a pest referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, preliminary information concerning the outbreak of the pest. That preliminary information shall be submitted by means of an electronic file, in accordance with the template set out in Annex I to this Decision. The notifications to the Commission as described in Article 1 and 2 of Implementing Decision 2014/917/EU are considered as such preliminary information.’; |
(2) |
the second subparagraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following: ‘No later than 6 months after the official confirmation of the presence of the pest, Member States shall submit to the Commission an application for a grant pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 by means of an electronic file, in accordance with templates 1 and 2 set out in Annex II to this Decision.’; |
(3) |
in the third subparagraph of Article 1, the following point is inserted:
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(4) |
the fifth subparagraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following: ‘Applications for a grant for the estimated cost essential for the eradication and/or containment of a pest for which an application was already sent in previous calendar years, shall contain the updated versions of Annex II (1 and 2) to this Decision.’; |
(5) |
in Article 2, points (a) and (b) are replaced as below, and the following point (c) is inserted:
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(6) |
Article 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 This Decision shall apply with respect to pest outbreaks notified to the Commission as of 1 January 2017.’; |
(7) |
Annexes I, II, III and IV are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. |
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 June 2017.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 1.
(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159 of 4 February 2016 laying down the procedures for the submission of applications for grants and requests for payment, and the information relating thereto, in respect of the emergency measures against plant pests referred to in Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 31, 6.2.2016, p. 51).
ANNEX
The Annexes to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/159 are amended as follows:
(1) |
Annex I is replaced by the following: |
(2) |
Annex II is replaced by the following: ’ |
(3) |
Annex III is replaced by the following: |
(4) |
the following Annex IV is added: |