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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1240/2009 of 16 December 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 428/2008 determining the intervention centres for cereals

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1240/2009 of 16 December 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 428/2008 determining the intervention centres for cereals

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of 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 41 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

  1. Estonia and Romania have requested amendments relating to some of the intervention centres listed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 428/2008(2) with a view to improving their location or responding better to the conditions required. Their requests should be granted.

  2. Regulation (EC) No 428/2008 should be amended accordingly.

  3. 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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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, 16 December 2009.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2008 is amended as follows:

  1. the table entitled ‘ESTONIA’ is to be replaced with the following table:

    Intervention centre

    Common wheat

    Barley

    Maize

    Sorghum

    ‘ESTONIA

    Tartu

    +

    +

    -

    -

    Viljandi

    +

    +

    -

    -

    Tamsalu

    +

    +

    -

    -

    Keila

    +

    +

    -

    -’

  2. the table entitled ‘ROMANIA’ is amended as follows:

    1. the line corresponding to the ‘Brăila’ centre is to be replaced by the following:

      Intervention centre

      Common wheat

      Barley

      Maize

      Sorghum

      ‘Brăila

      +

      +

      +

      -’

    2. the following line is to be inserted after the line for the ‘Brăila’ centre:

      Intervention centre

      Common wheat

      Barley

      Maize

      Sorghum

      ‘Ianca

      -

      +

      -

      -’

    3. the line corresponding to the ‘Roman’ centre is to be replaced by the following:

      Intervention centre

      Common wheat

      Barley

      Maize

      Sorghum

      ‘Roman

      +

      +

      -

      -’