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The position of the national authority. Henk Mulder Dutch Dairy Board, dept. Sectorregulations Staff member dairy regulations Member of the Dutch delegation in the EC management committee. Paying Agencies. Council regulation nr. 1258/1999:
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The position of the national authority • Henk Mulder • Dutch Dairy Board, dept. Sectorregulations • Staff member dairy regulations • Member of the Dutch delegation in the • EC management committee
Paying Agencies • Council regulation nr. 1258/1999: • Paying agencies shall be authorities and bodies of theMember States, which, as regards payments in the areasfor which they are responsible, offer sufficiant guarantees,that: • the admissibility of claims and compliance with EU rules are checked before payment is authorised • the payments effected are correctly and fully recorded in the accounts • the necessary documents are submitted within the time and in the form laid down in Community rules
Accreditation of a paying agency • Commission regulation nr. 1663/95: • The decision on accreditation shall be taken on the basis of an examination covering the administrative and accounting conditions. • The examination shall include: • the arrangements regarding execution of payments • the safeguarding of the treasury • the security of computersystems • the maintenance of accounting records • the division of duties • the adequacy of internal and and external controls
NL paying agencies dairy regulations accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Foodquality Dutch Dairy Board - quota system - exportrefunds - schoolmilk - caseïne and caseïnates - denaturated skimmed milkpowder in calfmilkreplacers - promotion Laser - intervention of butter and skimmed milkpowder - privat storage butter - cream, butter, concentrate in bakery products and icecream - concentrated butter - butter for social purposes Productboard Arable products/Productboard Animal Feed - skimmed milkpowder in calfmilkreplacers
Dutch Dairy Board • In the Board of Governors employers and employees are represented from every segment of the Dutch dairysector, including: • - dairy farming • - dairy industry • - wholesale trade • - retail trade • The Dutch Dairy Board strikes a bridge between government and business community
Tasks Dutch Dairy Board • Paying Agency EU-regulations (Co-administration) • Platform for dairy policy (part of the bridge) • Regulations • Gather information, analyze and present data • Coordinating research activities for dairy farming • Paying Agency autonomous tasks (promotion and information, dairy products quality and dairy research, healthcare cattle, dairy farming research)
De witte motor achter Meiden van de Wit Levies for promotion
Levies for animal health care and projects for dairy farming
Organigram Dutch Dairy Board Board of Governors Secretary Legal Department Internal Audit Policy Affairs Internal Management Affairs Information Trade Regulations Sector regulations/ Quota system
Implementation of EU-regulations Number of regulative levels varies per scheme: EU-level: - Council regulation - Commission regulation National level: - Ministerial regulation - Board regulation - Circular
Organizations involved in the Quotasystem Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Foodquality - legislative responsibility - allocation of new quota Dutch Dairy Board (Cental Organization Superlevy(COS)) - responsible for regulation and execution of the milkquota system - registration of milkquota - registration of permanent and temporary transfers - information for farmers via purchasers - calculation and collection levy - internal control Central Inspection Service - controls participants on the spot
Organizations involved in Exportrefunds (1) Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Foodquality - responsible for the coordination of the scheme in NL Dutch Dairy Board - responsible for the execution of the exportrefund scheme - communication to participants - registration exporter - registration and control of applications for exportlicenses - permission for advance payment - administration of guarantee - issue of exportlicenses - transfer of exportlicenses - proof of arrival - release / forfeiture of guarantee - payment in advance of refund - penalty (art. 51) - check departure period
Organizations involved in Exportrefunds (2) Customs - fysical control - control on 92/46 health-mark - control on exportdocuments - registration of day of departure General Inspection Service - controls participants (Reg. 4045/89) Customs laboratory - product classification GN code
Organizations involved in the Bakery products and icecream scheme (1) Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Foodquality - responsible for the application in NL Laser - responsible for the execution of the scheme - communication to participants - approval participants (producers and processors) - receiving offers - administration of guarantees (offer and processing) - release / forfeiture guaranties - receiving payment for sold intervention butter - organising logistics for the sold interventionbutter - paying aid for cream, butter and buttercontents going into bakery products and icecream - issues certificates for butter to be used under the scheme in other member states - issues T5-documents for interventionbutter
Organizations involved in the Bakery products and icecream scheme (2) General Inspection Service (AID) - controls participants on the spot - controls certificates for butter from other member states - declares T5 documents valid for (traced) products Netherlands Controlling Authority for milk and milkproducts(COKZ) - takes samples to control products - analyses products
Organizations involved in the Skimmed milkpowder in calfmilkreplacers scheme (1) Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Foodquality - responsible for the application in NL Productboard Arable products/Productboard Animal Feed - responsible for the execution of the scheme - communication to participants - approval mixproducer and producer of compound feed - review of processing table - review proof of delivery / T5 - paying (in advance /adjusted) aid - release / forfeiture guaranties - suspend or reclaim aid
Organizations involved in the Skimmed milkpowder in calfmilkreplacers scheme (2) General Inspection Service - takes samples of skimmed milkpowder, intermediate products and feedproducts - controls administration of participant - controls processing table - controls trade documents and stock bookkeeping - controls destination in case of domestic bulk deliveries - controls packing labels Rikilt Institute of food safety - analyses samples
Communication with dairy business community • EC dairy management committee meetings are scheduled every Thursday after the 2d and 4th Tuesday of the month (tender closing dates) • Internal Dairy Board meeting on Tuesday to discuss the agenda of the coming meeting • After the meeting of the management committee the results can be found on the Dairy Board internet site www.prodzuivel.nl (restricted area) • Debriefing meeting and discussion about EC-proposals with representatives of dairy business community on Friday in the week of the management committee
Communication with EC DG AGRI D1 dairy products via fax, IDES, e-mail
Consequences of CAP reform decisions (1) • Intervention price cuts for butter 3 x 7% in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 4% in 2007 • Intervention price cuts for skimmed milkpowder 3 x 5% in 2004, 2005, 2006 • Ceiling for the amount of butter going into intervention of 70.000 ton in 2004 falling to 30.000 ton in 2008 • Introduction of a tender system for butter going into intervention after the ceiling is reached • Abolition of the target price
Consequences of CAP reform decisions (2) • Quota system remains until 2015 • Quota increase 3 x 0,5% in 2006, 2007 and 2008 • Direct payments to farmers to compensate the pricefall partially • Modulation of payments, 3% in 2005, 4% in 2006, 5% in 2007 (first 5000 euro of subsidy is exempted from modulation)
Consequences of CAP reform decisions (3) • Cross compliance: to receive direct payments farmers will have to comply with conditions regarding: • environmental standards • animal welfare • food safety • animal and plant health • the maintenance of a good agricultural and environmental condition of farmland • Financial discipline/degression of payments to ensure the payment for all the reforms
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