Legal provisions of COM(2007)383 - Measures to be undertaken by the Commission in 2008-13 making use of the remote-sensing applications developed within the framework of the common agricultural policy

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dossier COM(2007)383 - Measures to be undertaken by the Commission in 2008-13 making use of the remote-sensing applications developed within the ...
document COM(2007)383 EN
date January 21, 2008

Contents

Article 1

1. From 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2013, the measures undertaken by the Commission making use of remote-sensing applications within the framework of the common agricultural policy (CAP) may be financed by the EAGF, pursuant to Article 3(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, where their aim is to give the Commission the means to:

(a)manage agricultural markets;

(b)ensure agro-economic monitoring of agricultural land and of the condition of crops, to enable estimates to be made, in particular as regards yields and agricultural production;

(c)promote access to the estimates referred to in point (b);

(d)ensure technological follow-up of the agro-meteorological system.

2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be in particular:

(a)collection or purchase of data needed to implement and monitor the CAP, in particular satellite data and meteorological data;

(b)creation of a spatial data infrastructure and a website;

(c)carrying out specific studies on climatic conditions;

(d)updating agro-meteorological and econometric models.

Where necessary, these measures shall be carried out in close collaboration with national laboratories and bodies.

Article 2

The Commission shall make the information and estimates which result from the measures referred to in Article 1(1) available to the Member States electronically.

Article 3

Detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, in particular as regards making available the information and estimates referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation.

Article 4

Not later than 31 July 2010 and 31 July 2013 respectively, the Commission shall submit an interim and a final report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of the remote-sensing measures and on the use of the financial resources made available to it under this Regulation.

Where appropriate, the final report shall be accompanied by a proposal to continue these measures within the framework of the CAP.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2013.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.