Recognises the importance of small-scale RES for increasing the share of renewable energy sources; recognises that the deployment of small-scale RES represents an opportunity for single households, industries and communities to become energy producers, thus acquiring awareness of efficient ways to produce and consume energy; highlights the importance of microgeneration for increasing energy efficiency; emphasises that small-scale RES deployment can lead to substantial savings on energy bills and to the creation of new business models and jobs;

However, when justified on the basis of a risk analysis and consequently authorised by the competent authority, small slaughterhouses and establishments producing minced meat, meat preparations and fresh poultry meat in small quantities may be exempted from these sampling frequencies’.

However, when justified on the basis of a risk analysis and consequently authorised by the competent authority, small slaughterhouses and establishments producing minced meat, meat preparations and fresh poultry meat in small quantities may be exempted from these sampling frequencies’.

The Commission considered that the applicant impeded the investigation in the sense of Article 18(1) of the basic Regulation by having provided relevant information only gradually upon request, and the information provided in most cases was subsequently corrected, modified or contradicted. In this regard, given Agronova’s unsatisfactory cooperation, a relationship of trust between the Commission and the company, which, as a general policy, is a necessary precondition for the acceptance of an undertaking, could not be established.