
Article 1 
The voluntary scheme ‘Red Tractor Farm Assurance Combinable Crops & Sugar Beet Scheme’ for which the request for recognition was submitted to the Commission on 4 April 2012 demonstrates by means of its combinable crops passport that consignments of cereals, oil seeds and sugar beet comply with the sustainability criteria as laid down in Article 17(3), 17(4) and 17(5) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Article 7b(3), 7b(4) and 7b(5) of Directive 98/70/EC. The scheme also 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 (el) referred to in point 1 of part C of Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC and point 1 of part C of Annex V to 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 to Directive 98/70/EC and point 6 of part C of Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC.
The voluntary scheme ‘Red Tractor Farm Assurance Combinable Crops & Sugar Beet 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.
Article 2 
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 establish 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 severe and structural breach of those elements has taken place, the Commission may repeal this Decision.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 16 July 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO