Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 568/2012 of 28 June 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 as regards the submission of support programmes in the wine sector

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 103za, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 103k(1), first subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that each producer Member State referred to in Annex Xb of that Regulation is to submit to the Commission a draft five-year support programme containing measures to assist the wine sector.

(2) Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine as regards support programmes, trade with third countries, production potential and on controls in the wine sector (2) provides that the first submission of support programmes is to refer to the five financial years 2009 to 2013.

(3) In order to prepare for the second submission of draft support programmes for the financial years 2014 to 2018, the framework and specific requirements for the new programming period should be established. It is also necessary to set a deadline for the second submission of the draft support programmes.

(4) A deadline should be set for Member States wishing to transfer, from 2014, amounts of their national envelope into the Single Payment Scheme as provided for in Article 103o of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 is amended as follows:

(1) Article 2 is replaced by the following: "Article 2 Submission of support programmes

(2) Annexes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, VIIIa and VIIIb are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force

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

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2012.

For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 170, 30.6.2008, p.1.