Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/887 of 9 June 2015 on recognition of the ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2012/427/EU
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/887 of 9 June 2015 on recognition of the ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2012/427/EU
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The voluntary scheme ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ (hereinafter ‘the scheme’), submitted to the Commission on 30 June 2014 for recognition of an extended list of crops demonstrates by means of its Scottish Quality Crops passport that consignments of raw material comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Articles 17(3), 17(4) and 17(5) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Articles 7b(3), 7b(4) and 7b(5) of Directive 98/70/EC.
The scheme contains accurate data for purposes of Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Article 7b(2) of Directive 98/70/EC in as far as it concerns annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change (e
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) referred to in point 1 of part C of Annex IV of Directive 98/70/EC and point 1 of part C of Annex V of Directive 2009/28/EC, which it demonstrates to be equal to zero, and the geographic area referred to in point 6 of part C of Annex IV of Directive 98/70/EC and point 6 of part C of Annex V of Directive 2009/28/EC.
The scheme may be used up to the first point of delivery for the consignments concerned for demonstrating compliance with Article 7c(1) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
The Decision is valid for a period of five years after it enters into force. If the scheme, after adoption of this Decision, undergoes changes to its contents in a way that might affect the basis of this Decision, such changes shall be notified to the Commission without delay. The Commission shall assess the notified changes with a view to establishing whether the scheme is still adequately covering the sustainability criteria for which it is recognised.
If it has been clearly demonstrated that the scheme has not implemented elements considered to be decisive for this Decision and if a severe and structural breach of those elements has taken place, the Commission may repeal this Decision.
