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Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Within 6 months after the entry into force of the Regulation, the Commission shall review the reference prices in the milk and milk products and the beef and veal sectors and the reference price for paddy rice taking into account the evolution of production costs over a representative period

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)

Article 7 a Prices, production costs and margins reporting systems The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set up an information system on prices, production costs and margins in the commodities market, including a system for the publication of price levels, production cost and margin indicators for the commodities market. The system shall be based on information submitted by operators involved in the commodities trade. This information shall be treated with confidentiality. The Commission shall ensure that the information published does not permit the identification of individual operators.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

c a ) fresh and chilled meat of sheep and goats sector

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) butter and skimmed milk powder, ~~from 1 March to 31 August~~throughout the year.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) ~~may~~shall be opened for the beef and veal sector by the Commission, by means of other implementing acts, ifbefore the average market price ~~over a representative period~~ adopted pursuant to Article 19(a) in a Member State or in a region of a Member State recorded on the basis of the Union scale for the classification of carcasses as adopted pursuant to in Article 18(8) ~~is below~~reaches EUR 1 560/tonne.Within six months after the entry into force of this regulation, the Commission shall review the intervention price in the beef and veal sector taking into account the evolution of production costs over a representative period.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) may be opened by the Commission, by means of implementing acts, for the sheep and goats sector if the market situation so requires.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) dried fodder;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)

(ab) hops;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) flax and hemp fibres;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)

(c b) tobacco;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e

~~(e) butter produced from cream obtained directly and exclusively from cow's milk;~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(e a) cheeses;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(h a) starch potato;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Aid for private storage shall be granted for butter produced from cream obtained directly and exclusively from cow's milk.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it may decide to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16, taking into account average recorded Union market prices and the reference prices for the products concerned or the need to respond to a particularly difficult market situation or economic developments in the sector in one or more Member States. As regards the olive oil sector, the activation price for private storage for each category of olive oil shall reflect the real market situation, in particular taking into account the production costs. A periodic review should also be put in place. The aid provided must cover all storage costs as well as the financial implications of production being left in storage. The Commission shall automatically activate the private storage when all the conditions are fulfilled.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8

8. Taking into account the need to standardise the presentation of the different products for the purposes of improving market transparency, price recording and the application of the market intervention arrangements in the form of public intervention and aid for private storage, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt Union scales for the classification of carcasses in the following sectors: (a) beef and veal; (b) pigmeat; (c) sheepmeat and goatmeat.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 2 – section 2 a (new)

AIDS IN THE MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS SECTOR FOR SPECIAL USE

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)

Article 26 a Aid for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for use as feedingstuffs 1. When surpluses of milk products build up or are likely to occur, creating or likely to create a serious imbalance in the market, the Commission may decide that aid shall be granted for Union- produced skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for use as feedingstuffs, according to conditions and product standards to be determined by the Commission. The aid may be fixed in advance or by means of tendering procedures. For the purposes of this Article, buttermilk and buttermilk powder shall be regarded as skimmed milk and skimmed- milk powder. 2. Aid amounts shall be fixed by the Commission taking into account the reference price fixed in point (e)(ii) of Article 7 (1) for skimmed- milk powder, and the development of the market situation as regards skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 b (new)

Article 26 b Aid for skimmed milk processed into casein and caseinates 1. When surpluses of milk products build up or are likely to occur, creating or likely to create a serious imbalance in the market, the Commission may decide that aid shall be granted for Union- produced skimmed milk processed into casein and caseinates, according to conditions and product standards of such milk and the casein or caseinates produced from it to be determined by the Commission. The aid may be fixed in advance or by means of tendering procedures. 2. Aid shall be fixed by the Commission taking into account the development of the market situation for skimmed-milk powder and the reference price for skimmed-milk powder, fixed in point (e)(ii) of Article 7(1). The aid may vary, according to whether the skimmed milk is processed into casein or caseinates and according to the quality of those products.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – title

Promotion ~~in third-countries~~

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1

1. Support under this Article shall cover information or promotion measures concerning Union wines on the internal market in third countries, thereby improving their competitiveness in those countries.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1

1. Support for ~~the setting up of~~ mutual funds shall provide assistance to producers seeking to insure themselves against market fluctuations.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2

2. Support for ~~the setting up of~~ mutual funds may be granted ~~in the form of temporary and degressive aid to cover the administrative costs of the fund~~to cover: (a) the administrative costs of setting up the mutual fund, in the form of temporary and degressive aid; (b) the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to capital and interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Support may be granted for tangible or intangible investments in processing facilities, winery infrastructure ~~and~~ marketing of wine, including intangible investments which improve the overall performance of the enterprise and concern one or more of the following:

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Support under paragraph 1 at its maximum rate shall apply only to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises25.deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

~~By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, t~~The maximum rate may apply to all enterprises for the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty and the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/200626. For enterprises not covered by Article 2(1) of Title I of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC with less than 750 employees or with a turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum aid intensity shall be halved.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 a (new)

Article 48a According to Article 48, other eligible expenses are material assets or qualified human resources to improve the wine product marketing produced in the EU and defined in the Part II of Annex VI of this Regulation.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1

1. Member States may draw up national programmes for the apiculture sector covering a period of three years. These programmes have to be developed in close cooperation with representative organisations and cooperatives in the beekeeping field.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2

2. The Union contribution to the apiculture programmes shall ~~not exceed~~be equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Member States.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 a (new)

Article 59a Marketing standard of fruit and vegetables 1. Provision may be made by the Commission for marketing standards for one or more of the products of the following sectors: (b) fruit and vegetables; (c) processed fruit and vegetables; 2. The standards referred to in paragraph 1: (a) shall be established taking into account, in particular: (i) the specificities of the products concerned; (ii) the need to ensure the conditions for a smooth disposal of those products on the market; (iii) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information including, in particular for products of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors, the country of origin, the class and, where appropriate, the variety (or the commercial type) of the product; (v) as regards the fruit and vegetables and the processed fruit and vegetables sectors, the Standard recommendations adopted by the UN-Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE); (b) may in particular relate to quality, grading into classes, weight, sizing, packaging, wrapping, storage, transport, presentation, marketing, origin and labelling. 3. Save as otherwise provided for by the Commission in accordance with the criteria referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2, the products for which marketing standards have been laid down may be marketed in the Union only in accordance with such standards. Without prejudice to any specific provisions which may be adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 87, Member States shall check whether those products conform to those standards and shall apply penalties as appropriate. Additional requirements for the marketing of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector 1. The products of the fruit and vegetables sector which are intended to be sold fresh to the consumer, may only be marketed if they are sound, fair and of marketable quality and if the country of origin is indicated. 2. The marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and in points (b) and (c) of Article 113(1) shall apply at all marketing stages including import and export unless otherwise provided for by the Commission. 3. The holder of products of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sector covered by marketing standards may not display such products or offer them for sale or deliver or market them in any manner within the Union other than in conformity with those standards and shall be responsible for ensuring such conformity. 4. Further to the second subparagraph of Article 113(3) and without prejudice to any specific provisions which may be adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 87, in particular on the consistent application in the Member States of the conformity checks, Member States shall, in respect of the fruit and vegetables and the processed fruit and vegetables sectors, check selectively, based on a risk analysis, whether the products concerned conform to the respective marketing standards. These checks shall be focused on the stage prior to dispatch from the production areas when the products are being packed or loaded. For products from third countries, checks shall be done prior to release for free circulation.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 p (new)

Article 101 p Delegated powers In order to take into account the specificities of the sugar sector and to ensure that the interests of all parties are duly taken into account, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt rules on the price adjustments to be applied as provided for in Article 101 g(3).

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) are constituted and controlled by producers in any of the sectors listed in Article 1(2);

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) are formed on the initiative of the ~~producers;~~producers dispose of adequate human, material or technical resources for carrying out their activities

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii

(iii) optimising production costs and stabilising producer prices such as by providing risk management instruments;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii a (new)

(iiia) negotiating contract terms;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v a (new)

(va) promoting and providing technical assistance for the use of production standards, improving product quality and developing products with a protected designation of origin, a protected geographical indication or covered by a national quality label.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) do not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty.~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 a (new)

Article 107a Rules of association of producer organisations 1. The rules of association of a producer organisation in the fruit and vegetables sector shall require its producer members, in particular, to: (a) apply the rules adopted by the producer organisation relating to production reporting, production, marketing and protection of the environment; (b) belong to only one producer organisation in respect of a given holding's production of any given product referred to in Article 122(a)(iii); (c) market their entire production concerned through the producer organisation; (d) provide the information requested by the producer organisation for statistical purposes, in particular on growing areas, quantities cropped, yields and direct sales; (e) pay the financial contributions provided for in its rules of association for the establishment and replenishment of the operational fund provided for in Article 103b. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1(c), where the producer organisation so authorises and where this is in compliance with the terms and conditions laid down by the producer organisation, the producer members may: (a) sell no more than a fixed percentage of their production and/or products directly on their holdings and/or outside their holdings to consumers for their personal needs, such percentages being fixed by Member States at not less than 10%; (b) market themselves or through another producer organisation designated by their own organisation, quantities of products which are marginal in relation to the volume of marketable production of their organisation; (c) market themselves or through another producer organisation designated by their own organisation products which, because of their characteristics, are not normally covered by the commercial activities of the producer organisation concerned. 3. The rules of association of a producer organisation shall also provide for: (a) procedures for determining, adopting and amending the rules referred to in paragraph 1; (b) the imposition on members of financial contributions needed to finance the producer organisation; (c) rules enabling the producer members to scrutinise democratically their organisation and its decisions; (d) penalties for infringement of obligations under the rules of association, particularly non-payment of financial contributions, or of the rules laid down by the producer organisation; (e) rules on the admission of new members, particularly a minimum membership period; (f) the accounting and budgetary rules necessary for the operation of the organisation. 4. Producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector shall be deemed as acting in the name of, and on behalf of, their members in economic matters. Article 107b Recognition 1.Member States shall recognise as producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector all legal entities or clearly defined parts of legal entities applying for such recognition, provided that: (a) they have the objective of the use of environmentally sound cultivation practices, production techniques and waste management practices in particular to protect the quality of water, soil and landscape and preserve or encourage biodiversity and meet the requirements laid down in Articles 122 and 125a and provide the relevant evidence therefore; (b) they have a minimum number of members and cover a minimum volume or value of marketable production to be laid down by Member States, and provide the relevant evidence therefore; (c) there is sufficient evidence that they can carry out their activities properly, both over time and in terms of effectiveness and concentration of supply, to which end Member States may decide which of the products, or groups of products referred to in Article 122(a)(iii) should be covered by the producer organisation; (d) they effectively enable their members to obtain technical assistance in using environmentally-sound cultivation practices; (e) they effectively provide their members, where necessary, with the technical means for collecting, storing, packaging and marketing their produce; (f) they ensure proper commercial and accounting management of their activities; and (g) they do not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 33 of the Treaty. 2. Member States shall: (a) decide whether to grant recognition to a producer organisation within three months of the lodging of an application accompanied by all the relevant evidence; (b) carry out checks at regular intervals to ascertain that producer organisations comply with this Chapter, impose the penalties on such organisations in the event of non-compliance or irregularities concerning the provisions of this Regulation and decide, where necessary, to withdraw recognition; (c) notify the Commission, once per year, of every decision to grant, refuse or withdraw recognition Association of producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector An association of producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector shall be formed on the initiative of recognised producer organisations and may carry out any of the activities of a producer organisation referred to in this Regulation. To this end, Member States may recognise, on request, an association of producer organisations where: (a) the Member State considers that the association is capable of effectively carrying out those activities; and (b) the association does not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 33 of the Treaty. Article125a(4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point x

(x) encouraging healthy, moderate or responsible consumption of the products and informing about the harm linked to hazardous consumption patterns;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 c (new)

Article 113 c Contracts in the hops sector 1. Any contract to supply hops produced within the Union concluded between a producer or producer organisation on the one hand and a buyer on the other shall be registered by the bodies designated for that purpose by each producer Member State concerned. 2. Contracts relating to the supply of specific quantities at agreed prices for a period covering one or more harvests and concluded before 1 August of the year of the first harvest concerned shall be known as 'contracts concluded in advance'. They shall be registered separately. 3. The data on which registration is based may be used only for the purposes of this Regulation. 4. The Commission shall lay down the detailed rules concerning the registration of contracts to supply hops

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Taking into account the need to ensure that the objectives and responsibilities of producer organisations, operator organisations in the olive oil and table olives sector and interbranch organisations are clearly defined so as to contribute to the effectiveness of the actions of such organisations, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts individually for each sector listed in article 1 (2) in accordance with Article 160 regarding producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, interbranch organisations and operator organisations on the following:

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the rules of association, the recognition, structure, legal personality, membership, size, accountability and activities of such organisations and associations, the requirement referred to in point (d) of Article 106 for recognition of a producer organisation that it does not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty, the effects deriving from recognition, the withdrawal of recognition, and mergers;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) the extension of certain rules of the organisations provided for in Article 110 to non-members taking into consideration the aims that each of these organisation may pursue in accordance with article 106, 107 and 108, and the compulsory payment of subscriptions by non-members referred to in Article 111, including a list of the stricter production rules which may be extended under point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(4), further requirements as regards representativeness, the economic areas concerned, including Commission scrutiny of their definition, minimum periods during which the rules shall apply before their extension, the persons or organisations to whom the rules or contributions may be applied, and the circumstances in which the Commission may require that the extension of rules or compulsory contributions shall be refused or withdrawn.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1

The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt the necessary measures concerning this Chapter, in particular on the procedures and technical conditions as regards the implementation of the measures referred to in Articles 110 and 112. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts adopt the necessary measures concerning the implementation of the concept of "economic area" as referred to in Article 110 (2)

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Taking into account the need to ensure the efficiency of the system, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to provide that the checks carried out by the customs authorities referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall, in addition to, or as an alternative to, the check of the customs value against the unit value, include a check of the customs value against another value. In any case this faculty will never bring a deductive method which allows to reduce to the minimum or to avoid the implementation of this additional right.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Article 101(1) of the Treaty shall not apply to the agreements, decisions and practices referred to in Article 143 of this Regulation necessary for the attainment of the main objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

Taking into consideration the need for ensuring harmonized implementation of EU competition rules in the agricultural sector, the European Commission shall develop [within... years after the entry of this Regulation] specific guidelines aiming at facilitating the implementation by national competition authorities of Articles 101 to 106 of the Treaty to agreements, decisions and practices related to the production of, or trade in, agricultural products.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 145 – paragraph 4 – point c

(c) may create distortions of competition which are not essential to achieving the main objectives of the CAP pursued by the interbranch organisation activity;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 158 a (new)

Article 158a Notifications in the ethyl alcohol sector 1. As regards the products of the ethyl alcohol sector, the Member States shall notify the Commission of the following information: (a) the production of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin expressed as hectolitres of pure alcohol, broken down by alcohol-producing product used; (b) the volume of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin disposed of, expressed as hectolitres of pure alcohol, broken down by sector of destination; (c) the stocks of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin available in the Member State at the end of the previous year; (d) forecast production for the current year. Rules for notifying this information and, in particular, the frequency of notification and the definition of the sectors of destination shall be adopted by the Commission by means of implementing acts. 2. On the basis of the information referred to in paragraph 1 and of any other information available, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 323(1), draw up a Union balance for the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin for the previous year and an estimated balance for the current year. The Union balance shall also contain information on ethyl alcohol of non- agricultural origin. The precise content and means of collecting such information shall be laid down by the Commission by means of implementing acts. For the purposes of this paragraph, 'ethyl alcohol of non-agricultural origin' shall mean products falling within CN codes 2207, 2208 90 91 and 2208 90 99 not obtained from a specific agricultural product listed in Annex I to the Treaty. 3. The Commission shall notify the Member States of the balances referred to in paragraph 2.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)

2a. definitions of hive products should be provided at EU level: - Royal jelly: Natural substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of nurse bees (Apis mellifera). Mainly used to feed larvae and queens, it is a fresh, natural and unprocessed product. It may be filtered (without ultrafiltration), although no substance is added. - Pollen pellets: Accumulated pollen grains harvested by worker bees of the species Apis mellifera, which is compacted on their hind legs with the help of honey and/or nectar and bees' secretion. The protein source for the colony, the product is natural, free from additives and harvested at the entrance to the hive. - Bee pollen or bee bread: Pollen pellets packed into honeycomb cells by bees and which undergo natural processing leading to the presence of enzymes and commensal microbiota. It is used by nurse bees to feed the brood. It may not contain any additives except wax from the honeycomb cells. - Beeswax: Substance constituted solely from secretion of the wax glands of worker bees of the species Apis mellifera and used in the construction of honeycombs. - Propolis: Resin of exclusively natural and plant origin, harvested by worker bees of the species Apis mellifera from certain plant sources, to which their own secretion is added (primarily wax and salivary secretion) in order to be used as protection for the hive. - Bee venom: Secretion from the bee's venom gland used by bees to defend against hive attackers.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

50 Amendments of Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU related to 2011/0281(COD)

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