1. The paying agencies shall manage and ensure control of the operations linked to intervention measures relating to public storage for which they are responsible, under the terms laid down in Annex I and, where appropriate, in the sectoral agricultural legislation, in particular on the basis of the minimum checking rates fixed in that Annex.

A Greek Presidency memorandum on natural risks and insurance in the agricultural sector was submitted to the Council in May 2003 and a seminar to examine possible responses to natural disasters in the agricultural sector was held in Thessaloniki on 6 June 2003.

A Greek Presidency memorandum on natural risks and insurance in the agricultural sector was submitted to the Council on 7 May 2003 and a seminar was held in Thessaloniki on 6 June 2003 to examine possible responses to natural disasters in the agricultural sector.

VPOTATO STARCH QUOTAS PAGEREF _Toc10548489 \h VIIETHYL ALCOHOL OF AGRICULTURAL ORIGIN PAGEREF _Toc10548490 \h VIIIPROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND FOODSTUFFS PAGEREF _Toc10548491 \h VIIIOTHER BUSINESS PAGEREF _Toc10548492 \h VIII-World Food Summit (Rome, 10 13 June 2002) PAGEREF _Toc10548493 \h VIII-Greek position on the mid-term review of Agenda 2000 PAGEREF _Toc10548494 \h VIII-US Agriculture Act PAGEREF _Toc10548495 \h IXITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATEAGRICULTURE PAGEREF _Toc10548496 \h IX--Signing of the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO) PAGEREF _Toc10548497 \h IXRESEARCH PAGEREF _Toc10548498 \h IX--Malta: Association with the 5th Research Framew ...[+++]ork Programme PAGEREF _Toc10548499 \h IX--Thermonuclear research - ITER PAGEREF _Toc10548500 \h IX--Framework agreement with the European Space Agency PAGEREF _Toc10548501 \h XINTERNAL MARKET PAGEREF _Toc10548502 \h X--Life Assurance (recast version) PAGEREF _Toc10548503 \h XTRANSPORT PAGEREF _Toc10548504 \h X--Maritime safety PAGEREF _Toc10548505 \h X--Committee on Safe Seas (COSS) PAGEREF _Toc10548506 \h XECOFIN PAGEREF _Toc10548507 \h XI--Recasting of the Council Financial Regulation PAGEREF _Toc10548508 \h XIEXTERNAL RELATIONS PAGEREF _Toc10548509 \h XI--Lithuania - establishment of a Consultative Committee PAGEREF _Toc10548510 \h XI--International code of conduct against ballistic missile proliferation PAGEREF _Toc10548511 \h XI--Special Representative for Afghanistan - extension of the mandate PAGEREF _Toc10548512 \h XI--Nigeria PAGEREF _Toc10548513 \h XII--Restrictive measures against Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and the Taliban PAGEREF _Toc10548514 \h XII--Dual-use items and technology PAGEREF _Toc10548515 \h XII

(7) Whereas decentralised management of Community funds, in particular following reform of the common agricultural policy, leads to the designation of several paying agencies; whereas, therefore, where a Member State accredits more than on paying agency, it must designate a single contact body to ensure consistency in the management of the funds, to provide liaison between the Commission and the various accredited paying agencies and to ensure that the information requested by the Commission concerning the operations of several paying agencies is made rapidly available;

Whereas the aim of the common agricultural policy is to attain the objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty ; whereas, in the beef and veal sector, in order to stabilise markets and to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural Community concerned, provision should be made for measures to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements and for intervention measures ; whereas the intervention measures may take the form of buying-in by intervention agencies ; whereas, however, aid should also be provided for private storage since such aid least disturbs the normal marketing of products and can help to reduce ...[+++]the volume of buying-in by intervention agencies ; whereas to this end provision should be made in particular for fixing prices below which intervention measures may be taken and the conditions under which intervention may take place;