Government Regulation No. 179 / 2015 Coll.

Government Regulation amending Government Regulation No. 318 / 2008 Coll., on the implementation of certain measures of the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as amended

Valid Regulation Effective from 01.08.2015
179
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
of 13 July 2015
amending Government Regulation No 318 / 2008 Coll., on the implementation of certain measures of the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as amended
The Government mandates pursuant to § 2b (2) of Act No. 252 / 1997 Coll., on Agriculture, as amended by Act No. 128 / 2003 Coll., Act No. 441 / 2005 Coll. and Act No. 291 / 2009 Coll., and under § 1 (3) of Act No. 256 / 2000 Coll., on the State Agricultural Intervention Fund and on the amendment of certain other laws (Act on the State Agricultural Intervention Fund), as amended by Act No. 441 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 291 / 2009 Coll. and Act No. 179 / 2014 Coll.:
Čl. I
Government Regulation No. 318 / 2008 Coll., on the implementation of certain measures of the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as amended by Government Regulation No. 215 / 2010 Coll. and Government Regulation No. 309 / 2012 Coll., is amended as follows:
1. At the end of footnote 1, the sentence "Regulations (EU) No 1308 / 2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922 / 72, (EEC) No 234 / 79, (EC) No 1037 / 2001 and (EC) No 1234 / 2007, as amended, is added. '.
2. in Article 2 (2) (b), the words "under commercial law (3)" shall be deleted;
3. footnote 3 is deleted.
4. In Article 2 (2) (c), "at least 5 members' is replaced by" at least 5 products42) ';
footnote 42:
"(42) Article 19 (1) (a) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended. ';
5. In Paragraph 2 (3), the words "at least 5 members' are replaced by the words" at least 5 products42) 'and the words "neither property nor property' are deleted.
(6) footnotes 4 and 5 shall read:
"(4) Article 154 of Regulation (EU) No 1308 / 2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended.
(5) Article 154 (1) (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308 / 2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended. '
7. Paragraph 4, including the title and footnote 7, reads as follows:
„§ 4
Amount of voting rights and share of a member of a producer organisation
The proportion of the voting rights of all members of the producer organisation may not exceed 20% per member. The maximum share of one member in a producer organisation must be less than 50% of the shares of 7) of all members in a producer organisation.
7) Article 31 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended. '
8. In Section 6, the words "producer groups' are added.
9. In Article 6, paragraphs 1 to 3 are deleted.
Paragraphs 4 to 11 shall be renumbered paragraphs 1 to 8.
(10) footnotes 9 to 11 and 13 and 37 are deleted, including the footnotes.
11. in Article 6 (4), the words "the person referred to in paragraph 1" shall be replaced by the words "producer groups."
12. in Paragraph 6 (6):
"(6) The producer group provisionally recognised shall notify the Fund of any changes to the information and documents which have been made available to the Fund in connection with its application within 15 days of their establishment. ';
13. footnote 15 reads:
"(15) Article 45 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended. ';
14. footnote 17 reads as follows:
"(17) Article 26a of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended. ';
15. in Article 8 (7), the word "programme" is replaced by the word "programme 43";
Footnote 43 reads:
"(43) Article 19 (g) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended. ';
16. Article 9, including the title and footnotes Nos 25 and 44 to 46, reads as follows:
„§ 9
Crisis prevention measures
(1) The measure referred to in the directly applicable regulation of the European Union governing implementing rules in the fruit and vegetables sector (25), which relates to aid to cover the administrative costs of setting up mutual funds, shall not apply in the Czech Republic.
(2) Producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, transnational producer organisations or transnational associations of producer organisations shall notify the Fund of all planned withdrawals, green harvesting or non-harvesting, no later than 7 calendar days before 44).
(3) Producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, transnational producer organisations or transnational associations of producer organisations will deliver fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market free of charge to:
(a) a home for seniors, a home for people with disabilities, a home with a special regime, protected housing, an asylum home, a therapeutic community or a social therapy workshop under the Social Services Act;
(b) primary or secondary schools under the Education Act;
(c) a school establishment for the performance of constitutional education or protection education or a school establishment for preventive education under the Law on the performance of constitutional education or protective education in educational establishments and on preventive educational care in educational establishments; or
(d) a bed care facility under the Health Services Act.
(4) A producer organisation, an association of producer organisations, a transnational producer organisation or a transnational association of producer organisations may also deliver fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market to a processor who will only use the products withdrawn from the market in a non-food processing facility for energy purposes with the exception of alcohol production (46).
(5) Producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, transnational producer organisations or transnational associations of producer organisations in the implementation of crisis prevention measures shall comply with the Plant Health Act.
25) Article 33 (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308 / 2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended. Article 73 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended.
44) Articles 78 (3) and 85 (1) (c) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended.
45) Article 34 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308 / 2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended. Article 80 (2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended.
(46) Article 80 (3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended. '
17. In Section 10, the words "within 300 km 'shall be inserted after the word" Republic'.
18. footnote 26 reads as follows:
"(26) Article 50 (7) (b) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543 / 2011, as amended. ';
19. Paragraph 11 (3), including footnote 31, is deleted.
20. Annexes 1 and 2 shall read as follows:

"Annex No 1 to Government Regulation No 318 / 2008 Coll.
List of environmental measures referred to in Article 8 (5)
Environmentální opatřeníDruh akcePožadavky
č.Názevč.Popis
1.Zvýšení přirozené úrodnosti půdy1.1.Nákup mulčovačů, drtičů větvíZvýšení obsahu organické hmoty v půdě a podpora biologického života v půdě
2.Protierozní opatření a opatření k šetrnému hospodaření s vodou v krajině2.1.Zatravnění sadůZamezení eroze na svažitých pozemcích
2.2.Investice do závlahových zařízení, kromě hlavních závlahových zařízeníSnížení spotřeby vody a snížení vodní eroze vybudováním kapkové závlahy nebo mikropostřiku o nejméně 25 %
3.Zvýšení biodiverzity3.1.Introdukce organizmů pro opylování s výjimkou včelZvýšení počtu živočichů opylujících rostliny s výjimkou včel
4.Ekologické zemědělství4.1.Výsadby ekologických sadůPodpora způsobů hospodaření šetrných k životnímu prostředí, snížení používání prostředků na ochranu a hnojení rostlin
5.Poradenství, školení5.1.Organizace školení k opatřením Vnitrostátního rámce ČR sektoru ovoce a zelenina pro operační programy organizací producentůZvýšit úroveň znalostí producentů o vybraných opatřeních Vnitrostátního rámce ČR sektoru ovoce a zelenina pro operační programy organizací producentů
6.Podpora nechemických metod ochrany6.1.Introdukce predátorů a použití biologických metod ochranySnížení zátěže životního prostředí způsobené použitím prostředků chemické ochrany, zajištění přirozené biodiverzity k podpoře užitečných organizmů
6.2.Netkané textilie na pokrytí porostuSnížení chemické ochrany, mechanické zabránění náletu škodlivého hmyzu, snížení eroze
7.Opatření na zmírnění klimatických změn7.1.Výměna starých chladicích systémůSnížení zatížení životního prostředí (zvýšení účinnosti chladicího systému) o nejméně 25 %
7.2.Tepelná izolace objektů pro skladování a posklizňovou úpravuSnížení spotřeby energie o nejméně 25 %

Příloha č. 2

Annex No 2 to Government Regulation No 318 / 2008 Coll.
List of measures for the operational programme referred to in Section 8 (7)
1) Measure 1 - Production planning
(a) expenditure on the acquisition of computer and office equipment;
(b) expenditure on the acquisition of software; or
(c) personnel costs related to production planning (e.g. estimates, harvest dates, consistency between demand and supply, market research).
2) Measure 2 - Quality of production
(a) expenditure related to the acquisition of soil preparation technologies;
(b) expenditure relating to the acquisition of plant treatment technologies;
(c) expenditure relating to the acquisition of plant harvesting technologies;
(d) expenditure related to the acquisition of technologies for transporting production for post-harvest treatment or processing;
(e) expenditure on the purchase of greenhouses or folio covers;
(f) personnel costs resulting from measures to improve and maintain high quality,
(g) expenditure relating to the acquisition of transport equipment maintaining the quality of production;
(h) expenditure relating to the building of network and folio cover systems;
(i) expenditure related to the acquisition of quality monitoring equipment and machinery;
(j) expenditure on the acquisition of hygiene-enhancing facilities and the quality of storage facilities;
(k) expenditure relating to the acquisition of technologies that prolong the durability of production; or
(l) expenditure on product certification and safety.
3) Measure 3 - Production disposal
(a) expenditure relating to the acquisition of technologies for post-harvest production arrangements;
(b) expenditure relating to the acquisition of technology for sorting or packaging of production;
(c) expenditure relating to the modification or construction of storage and handling facilities;
(d) expenditure relating to the certification of the management process;
(e) hire or hire of storage and handling premises as an effective substitute for the construction of new warehouses;
(f) personnel costs and investments resulting from measures to improve the level of marketing of goods;
(g) expenditure on active marketing;
(h) personnel costs resulting from measures to increase the concentration of supply;
(i) expenditure incurred in increasing the added value of production;
(j) expenditure relating to the promotion of the brand name of a producer organisation or association of producer organisations, where appropriate;
(k) expenditure on promoting good eating habits;
(l) expenditure relating to the promotion of quality marks; or
(m) expenditure relating to the processing of own production.
4) Measure 4 - Education and training
(a) actions linked to the acquisition of expert information on integrated production and organic farming;
(b) actions linked to the acquisition of expert information on environmental topics;
(c) actions linked to the acquisition of expert information on disease and pest control, product quality;
(d) actions relating to the acquisition of expert information on traceability of products;
(e) actions linked to the acquisition of expert information on the improvement and maintenance of high quality production; or
(f) advisory activities to ensure a high quality of production.
5) Measure 5 - Crisis prevention and resolution
(a) expenditure linked to ensuring the stability of the business environment through insurance support up to 80%;
(b) expenditure on promotion to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables at the time of the use of crisis prevention measures;
(c) expenditure relating to the replanting of orchards with regard to compulsory grubbing-up for health or phytosanitary reasons; or
(d) expenditure relating to withdrawals, green harvesting or non-harvesting.
6) Measure 6 - Environmental measures under § 8 (5) '.
(21) footnote 35 is deleted, including the footnote reference.
Čl. II
Transitional provision
Applications initiated under Government Regulation No. 318 / 2008 Coll., as effective before the date of entry into force of this Regulation, shall be completed under Government Regulation No. 318 / 2008 Coll., as effective before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Čl. III
Efficacy
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2015.
Prime Minister:
Sobotka v. r.
Minister for Agriculture:
Ing. Jurečka v. r.

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CitationGovernment Regulation No. 179 / 2015 Coll., amending Government Regulation No. 318 / 2008 Coll., on the implementation of certain measures of the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as amended
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CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation24.07.2015
Effective from01.08.2015
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