CONFERENCE ON ACCESSION Brussels, 6 July 2001 TO THE EUROPEAN UNION - BULGARIA - CONF-BG 43/01 DOCUMENT PROVIDED BY BULGARIA INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE ON THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA TO THE EUROPEAN UNION NEGOTIATING POSITION ON CHAPTER 7 AGRICULTURE 20486/01 CONF-BG 43/01 1 EN TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS______________________________________________________________________________4 OVERALL POSITION __________________________________________________________________________5 HORIZONTAL MEASURES _____________________________________________________________________5 EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND (EAGGF)__________________________________5 GUARANTEE SECTION _____________________________________________________________________________5 GUIDANCE SECTION_______________________________________________________________________________6 TRADE MECHANISMS_____________________________________________________________________________6 LICENSING SYSTEM _______________________________________________________________________________6 EXPORT REFUNDS ________________________________________________________________________________7 CUSTOMS TARIFF_________________________________________________________________________________7 QUALITY POLICY ________________________________________________________________________________7 SPREADABLE FATS_______________________________________________________________________________10 ORGANIC FARMING _____________________________________________________________________________10 FADN________________________________________________________________________________________11 NON-ANNEX I PRODUCTS ________________________________________________________________________11 STATE AIDS ___________________________________________________________________________________11 MISCЕLАNEOUS ________________________________________________________________________________12 “SOLDE” ______________________________________________________________________________________12 PROMOTION____________________________________________________________________________________12 PROGRAMMES FOR SPECIFIC ULTRAPERIPHERAL REGIONS_________________________________________________12 FREE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TO THE MOST DEPRIVED PERSONS ____________________________________________12 COMMON MARKET ORGANISATION (CMO) ___________________________________________________12 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON MARKET ORGANISATIONS _______12 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (MAF) ____________________________________________________12 PAYING AGENCY WITHIN THE STATE FUND “AGRICULTURE” ______________________________________________12 INTERVENTION AGENCY WITHIN THE STATE FUND “AGRICULTURE” ________________________________________12 CUSTOMS AGENCY ______________________________________________________________________________12 PRICE REPORTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM_________________________________________________________13 NATIONAL STATISTICS INSTITUTE AND AGROSTATISTICS UNIT WITHIN MAF__________________________________13 ARABLE CROPS ________________________________________________________________________________13 JUSTIFICATION OF THE REQUESTS ___________________________________________________________________15 RICE _________________________________________________________________________________________22 DIRECT PAYMENTS ______________________________________________________________________________22 JUSTIFICATION OF THE REQUESTS ___________________________________________________________________22 DRIED FODDER_________________________________________________________________________________23 SUGAR _______________________________________________________________________________________23 TRADE REGIME _________________________________________________________________________________24 FIBRE CROPS __________________________________________________________________________________24 COTTON_______________________________________________________________________________________24 FLAX AND HEMP ________________________________________________________________________________25 SILKWORMS____________________________________________________________________________________25 FRUIT АND VEGETABLES _________________________________________________________________________27 FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES_____________________________________________________________________27 PROCESSED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES_________________________________________________________________28 INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY _________________________________________________________________________35 SPECIALIZED CROPS ____________________________________________________________________________55 20486/01 CONF-BG 43/01 2 EN TOBACCO _____________________________________________________________________________________55 HOPS _________________________________________________________________________________________62 FLOWERS AND LIVE PLANTS _______________________________________________________________________62 SEEDS ________________________________________________________________________________________62 OLIVE OIL _____________________________________________________________________________________62 MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ______________________________________________________________________62 BEEF AND VEAL, SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT _______________________________________________________67 BEEF AND VEAL ________________________________________________________________________________67 SHEEP MEAT AND GOAT MEAT _____________________________________________________________________67 PIGMEAT, POULTRYMEAT AND EGGS, HONEY AND ALBUMINS _____________________________________________68 POULTRYMEAT AND EGGS_________________________________________________________________________68 ALBUMINS AND HONEY ___________________________________________________________________________69 STRUCTURAL POLICY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT _______________________________________________76 STRUCTURAL POLICY ___________________________________________________________________________76 RURAL DEVELOPMENT __________________________________________________________________________76 FORESTRY __________________________________________________________________________________78 PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY FORESTS AGAINST ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION ______________________________78 EUROPEAN FORESTRY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM – EFICS ____________________________79 PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITY FORESTS AGAINST FOREST FIRES ____________________________________79 TRADE IN AND MARKETING OF FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL ______________________________________79 PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES IN FORESTRY __________________________________________________________79 TRADE IN ROUND TIMBER IN THE COMMUNITY _______________________________________________________79 JUSTIFICATION OF THE REQUESTS _________________________________________________________________80 VETERINARY AND PHYTOSANITARY ISSUES __________________________________________________80 VETERINARY ISSUES ____________________________________________________________________________80 CONTROL SYSTEMS IN THE INTERNAL MARKET: CONTROL ON THE IMPORT FROM THIRD COUNTRIES, SHIFT SYSTEM, IDENTIFICATION OF ANIMALS, FINANCING OF VETERINARY CONTROL, CERTIFICATION ___________________________81 ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES _____________________________________________81 SHIFT SYSTEM _________________________________________________________________________________82 ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION__________________________________________________________________________82 CERTIFICATION _________________________________________________________________________________82 EXPENDITURES IN THE VETERINARY FIELD ____________________________________________________________82 CONTROL MEASURES – NOTIFICATION OF DISEASES _____________________________________________________83 ANIMAL HEALTH – TRADE IN LIVE ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS ________________________________________84 PUBLIC HEALTH (PH)– TRADE IN ANIMAL PRODUCTS ____________________________________________________85 COMMON MEASURES –SUBSTANCES OF HORMONAL AND THYROSTATIC ACTION, BST, CONTROL OF RESIDUES, CONTROL OF ZOONOSES, MEDICATED FEEDSTUFFS, ANIMAL WASTE ___________________________________________________87 ANIMAL WELFARE _______________________________________________________________________________87 ZOOTECHNICAL ISSUES ___________________________________________________________________________88 IMPORT OF ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ______________________________________90 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS _____________________________________________________________________91 PHYTOSANITARY ISSUES _________________________________________________________________________91 SEEDS AND PLANTING MATERIAL ___________________________________________________________________91 ANIMAL NUTRITION______________________________________________________________________________94 PLANT HEALTH (HARMFUL ORGANISMS) ______________________________________________________________96 PLANT HEALTH – PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS AND PESTICIDE RESIDUES ___________________________________99 PLANT HYGIENE _______________________________________________________________________________102 20486/01 CONF-BG 43/01 3 EN ABBREVIATIONS ARDP Agriculture and Rural Development MF Ministry of Finance Plan MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs ABSI Animal Breeding Science Institute MH Ministry of Health ADNS Animal Disease Notification System MLSP