Imports of olive oil and other agricultural products from Turkey: alignment of Regulations with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)

PURPOSE: to align Regulations (EC) No 2008/97, (EC) No 779/98 and (EC) No 1506/98 with the new rules of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (Commission delegated and implementing powers).

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) No 255/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 amending Council Regulations (EC) No 2008/97, (EC) No 779/98 and (EC) No 1506/98 in the field of imports of olive oil and other agricultural products from Turkey, as regards the delegated and implementing powers to be conferred on the Commission.

CONTENT: this Regulation amends Council Regulations (EC) No 2008/97, (EC) No 779/98 and (EC) No 1506/98 in the field of imports of olive oil and other agricultural products from Turkey as regards the delegated (Article 290) and implementing (Article 291) powers to be conferred on the Commission.

The Regulation confers powers on the Commission allowing it to adopt adjustments to that Regulation, should the special arrangements provided for in the relevant Association Agreement be amended, particularly as regards the amounts or at the conclusion of a new agreement.

The power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years (renewable) from 9 April 2014. The European Parliament or the Council may raise objections in regard to a delegated act within two months of notification of that act (this period may be extended by two months).

The Regulation also confers implementing powers on the Commission in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the three Regulations. In this context, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets established by Article 229 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 09/04/2014.