Checking of conditions for use of the logo
The competent authorities shall regularly check that the approved operators fulfil the conditions for the use of the logo referred to in Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 179/2014 and the undertakings provided for in Article 6(4) of that Delegated Regulation.
The competent authorities may delegate the performance of those checks to qualified bodies possessing the requisite technical competence and impartiality. In such cases, the bodies shall report regularly to them on the performance of their checks.
Misuse of and publicity for the logo
Member States shall apply the relevant existing national provisions to prevent and, where necessary, penalise cases of misuse of the logo or adopt the measures required to that end. Upon request of the Commission, they shall notify the Commission of the measures applicable.
Member States shall provide appropriate publicity for the logo and for the products for which it may be used.
National measures
1. The competent authorities shall adopt any additional administrative measures necessary to manage the logo scheme. Those measures may include, in particular, charging approved operators a fee to cover printing of the logo, and administrative and inspection costs.
2. Upon request of the Commission, the competent authorities shall notify the Commission of the services or, as appropriate, bodies responsible for granting the approval provided for in Article 6(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 179/2014 and for carrying out the checks required under this Section as well as of the additional measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. The competent authorities shall notify the Commission of each approval of the right to use the logo, by indicating the name and the seat of the producer, the products and the period for which the right was granted.
The notification referred to in this paragraph shall be made in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 792/2009.
SECTION 2 — Animal products
Livestock farming
1. The import of young male bovine animals originating from third countries falling under CN codes 0102 29 05 , 0102 29 29 or 0102 29 49 and intended for fattening and consumption in the French overseas departments or Madeira shall not be subject to customs duties until the local numbers of young male bovines reach a level sufficient to ensure the maintenance and development of local beef and veal production.
2. In order to benefit from the exemption provided for in paragraph 1, the importer or applicant shall demonstrate that he fulfils the conditions set out in Article 8 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 179/2014 by submitting:
(a)
a written declaration, made on the arrival of the animals in the French overseas departments or Madeira, to the effect that the bovines are intended for fattening there for at least 120 days from their actual date of arrival and will be consumed there afterwards;
(b)
a written undertaking, made on the arrival of the animals, to inform the competent authorities, within one month of their date of arrival, of the holding or holdings where the animals are to be fattened.
SECTION 3 — Importation of tobacco into the Canary Islands
Exemption of tobacco from customs duties
1. The annual period for calculating the maximum annual quantity of tobacco to be exempted from import duties when directly imported into the Canary Islands, as referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 shall run from 1 January of any year to 31 December of the same year.
2. The quantities of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco referred to in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 shall be converted into quantities of unmanufactured stemmed/stripped tobacco on the basis of the coefficients of equivalence set out in Annex VII to this Regulation for the products concerned.
Conditions for exemption
1. Importation of the products listed in Annex VII shall be subject to the presentation of a certificate of exemption. Box 20 of applications for certificates and certificates themselves shall contain one of the entries listed in Part J of Annex I.
Except where otherwise provided in this Regulation, Articles 3, 7 to 10, 12 and 16 of this Regulation, Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 179/2014 and Article 12(2) and Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 shall apply mutatis mutandis .
2. The competent authorities shall ensure that the products listed in Annex VII are used in compliance with the relevant Union rules, and in particular Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
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