AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 Agricultural Market Agency (ARR) as a paying agency
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 Timeline – main tasks The Agricultural Market Agency was set up in 1990 in order to fulfill state intervention policy in relation to: Stabilizing agri and agri-food products market Protecting incomes obtained from agriculture ARR was also responsible for keeping and administering the state stocks of agri and agri-food products
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 ARR as a Paying Agency In April 2004, the Agricultural Market Agency was granted unconditional accreditation and since then fulfills the functions of a Paying Agency of the European Union.
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 ARR has 16 Regional Branches. The territorial range of each Branch is equivalent to the range of the particular voivodeship. The structure of Regional Branches is determined by Rules and Regulations laid down by the President of ARR. Regional Branches
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 Intervention buying-in and sale Private storage aid Consumption support Aid for processing Management of quotas and production limits Issue and clearance of import and export licences Granting export refunds Delivery of food products to the most deprived persons in the EU Promotion and information ARR tasks as a competent authority for CAP schemes
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 Intervention buying-in and sale Butter Skimmed milk powder Cereals
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 Private storage aid Butter Pigmeat
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 Consumption support Aid for consumption of milk and milk products in educational establishments (School Milk Scheme) Support for supply of fruit and vegetables, processed fruit & vegetables products to school children (School Fruit Scheme)
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 Management of quotas Milk Production Quotas Aid for producers in the framework of potato starch production quota Monitoring of production and levies in the sugar sector Administering of grape wine and wine production capacity
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 External trade Purpose of the regulation of external trade in agricultural products: to stabilize the situation on the internal market and to monitor the quantities exported and imported Selected measures of external trade administration: Export and import licences (issuance and clearance) Export refunds Import levies Import tariff quotas
AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGENCY :31 Deliveries of food products for the most deprived persons As a result of the programmes implemented in years ,2 thousands tonnes of food products were distributed among the most deprived persons in Poland (via chiarity organizations).