Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2012)535 - Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 626 final/3 for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2012)535 - Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 626 final/3 for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ... |
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| source | COM(2012)535  |
| date | 25-09-2012 |
The accession of Croatia to the EU is scheduled for 1 July 2013. Although the Act of Accession[1] has not yet been ratified by all Member States, the Commission has recently updated its Multi-Annual Financial Framework proposals[2] in view of Croatia's accession. A similar adjustment exercise should be prepared for the CAP reform proposals to ensure that once they are adopted, Croatia will be fully covered as a new Member State.
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In relation to Croatia, there was no need for consultation of interested parties or an impact assessment since these adjustments follow from the Act of Accession.
The adjustment will take the form of an amendment to the proposal COM(2011) 626 final/3 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), to include in the proposal those provisions specific to Croatia which are already in the Accession Treaty, i.e. on wine (transitional measures, inclusion of the wine names to be protected for Croatia in the electronic register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, deadlines for submission and examination of the complete technical files and acts under which those names have been recognised, financial allocation to Croatia for the national support programme in the wine sector, wine-growing zones in Croatia) and translation of Croatian sales description for meat of bovine animals aged less than 12 months. For the sugar and milk quotas in Croatia, the Single CMO proposal makes reference to the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 which remain in place until the expiration of quotas in 2015, as for the other 27 Member States.
This amendment has no budgetary implications, apart from those already set out in the explanatory memorandum for the updated proposals for the Multi-Annual Financial Framework.