The Commission presented a report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission by :
- Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union;
- Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council lays down specific measures agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands.
The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 21 March 2013. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power is tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Exercise of Delegation
(1) Regulation (EU) No 229/2013
The Commission has adopted one delegated act on the basis of Articles 12(2), 19(4), 21(3), 27(2) and 30(4): Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 179/2014.
This delegated act concerns: (i) rules for the register of operators, (ii) rules for the amount of aid awarded for the marketing of products outside the production region, (iii) rules regarding the marketing aid for tomatoes and for rice, (iv) rules for the use of the logo, the right to use it and the conditions for reproducing and using it, for conditions for the exemption from import duties for young male bovine animals and for the maximum amount to finance studies, demonstration projects, training or technical assistance measures.
Neither the European Parliament nor the Council issued any objection to the Delegated Regulation. After the expiry of the two-month period, the Commission Delegated Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into force on 7 March 2014.
Article 26(4) empowers the Commission under certain conditions to adopt delegated acts to allow in the French overseas departments of Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana the production of UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder originating in the Union. The empowerment has not been used, because France has not demonstrated any expediency of allowing the production of UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder originating in the Union for the French overseas departments of Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana.
(2) Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
The Commission adopted one delegated act on the basis of Articles 11(2), 15(4) and 18(4): Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 178/2014. This delegated act provides for rules regarding the register of operators, for the amount of aid for marketing outside the production region and for the maximum amount to finance studies, demonstration projects, training or technical assistance measures.
Neither the European Parliament nor the Council issued any objection to the Delegated Regulation. After the expiry of the two-month period, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 178/2014 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into force on 7 March 2014.
Conclusions
The Commission concluded that it has exercised its delegated powers correctly. However, it cannot be excluded that the empowerments will be needed in future.