
Article 1 

1. Aid certificates shall be issued only to operators entered in a Register of operators pursuing an economic activity under the specific supply arrangements kept by the competent authorities (hereinafter referred to as ‘the register’).
2. Any operator established in the Union may apply to be entered in the register.Entry in the register shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) operators shall possess the means, structures and legal authorisations required to carry on their activities and shall, in particular, have duly complied with their obligations regarding business accounting as appropriate and taxation;
(b) operators shall be able to prove that their activities are carried out in the smaller Aegean islands;
(c) operators remain responsible for the compliance with all requirements subscribed when carrying out an operation of supply arrangements until the sale to the end-user.
Article 2 

1. The amount of aid granted under Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 in respect of the support for the marketing and transport of raw and processed products outside of the region in which they are produced shall not exceed 10 % of the value of the production marketed, delivered to destination zone, calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.However, the limit set out in the first subparagraph shall not exceed 13 % of the value of the production marketed where the contractor for the producers is a producer association, union or organisation.
2. For the purpose of calculating the aid, the value of the marketed production, delivered to destination zone, shall be evaluated on the basis of the annual contract (where applicable), transport documents and any other supporting documents submitted to justify the application for the aid.The value of the marketed production to be taken into account shall be that of delivery to the first port or airport of unloading.The competent authorities may request any information or additional supporting documentation appropriate for calculating the aid.
3. The conditions for granting the aid, the lines of agricultural production and the amounts concerned shall be specified in the support programme referred to in Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013.
Article 3 
The amount required to finance studies, demonstration projects, training and technical assistance measures provided for in the support programme referred to in Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 for the purposes of implementing that programme shall not exceed 1 % of the total amount of financing provided for by Article 18(2) of that Regulation.
Article 4 
Regulation (EC) No 1914/2006 is repealed.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 November 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO