Ref. Ares(2014)938247 - 26/03/2014
Ref. Ares(2016)6853912 - 08/12/2016
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Good morning Brigitte,
Thank you very much to Mr Jimenez and you for having taken the time to meet Mr Raymond and
Arnaud. I would like to apologise for not having been able to attend but I was on a mission.
Following on your discussions, I would like to better understand your justification when it comes to the
re-use of the money from the super-levy back to the milk sector.
I took a look at all relevant legislation: Reg 1306/2013 on financing of CAP, Reg 1308/2013 on CMO and:
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According to art. 230 of R. 1308/2013, all articles referring to milk quotas (including art.78
referring to surplus levy and in particular par. 2 of this art. referring to the obligation for MS to
pay this money to EAGF) are applicable until 31/03/2015
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According to Reg 1306/2013, art.43, the sums collected from the surplus levy are “assigned
revenue” (EAGF). Moreover, par.2 of the same article states that “the sums referred to in par.1
shall be paid to the Union budget and in the event of reuse, shall be used exclusively to finance
EAGF or EAFRD expenditure”.
My interpretation is that the surplus levy still goes to CAP budget and can be re-used to finance EAGF or
EAFRD expenditure. But maybe I a missing something, therefore I would very much appreciate if I could
have your interpretation.
Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
Camelia
Camelia Gyorffy
Senior Policy Advisor
(milk and dairy products| beef| sheep and goats| honey| breeding livestock)
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