6.6.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 147)3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 501/2008 of 5 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 of 17 December 2007 on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries ('), and in particular Articles 4, 5, 9 and 15 thereof, Whereas: Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 provides that the Commission is to lay down the implementing rules for information and promotion programmes part-financed by the Community budget. Taking account of experience gained, the prospects for market development both within and outside the Community and the new international trade situation, an overall, coherent information and promotion policy should be developed for agricultural products and their method of production, as well as for food products based on agricultural products, on the internal market and on third country markets, without encouraging the consumption of any product on grounds of its specific origin. In the interests of clarity, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1071/2005 of 1 July 2005 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal market (3 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1346/2005 of 16 August 2005 laying down detailed rules for the appli- cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries () should L 3, 5.1.2008, p. 1. L 179, 11.7.2005, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation ) No 1022/2006 (O] L 184, 6.7.2006, p. 3). L 212, 17.8.2005, p. 16. therefore be repealed and replaced by a single regulation, whilst maintaining, in separate chapters, the specific features of measures according to the market in which they are implemented. In the interests of sound management, provision should be made for the drawing-up and regular updating of lists of themes, products and markets covered by information and promotion measures for agricultural products, the designation of the national authorities responsible for implementing this Regulation and the determination of the duration of the programmes. In the interests of informing and protecting consumers, it should be specified that any message referring to the impact on health of a product passed on to consumers and other target groups under the programmes on the internal market must have a recognised scientific basis and that the sources of that information must be recognised. In order to prevent any risk of distortion of competition, general and specific guidelines to be followed for products covered by information and promotion campaigns on the internal market should be drawn up, as should rules on the way the specific origin of products covered by information and promotion campaigns in third countries is to be referred to. In the interests of legal certainty, it should be specified that the programmes proposed for the internal market must comply with the body of Community legislation on the products concerned and the marketing thereof and with the above guidelines. In order to standardise the methods of selecting im- plementing bodies and programmes, in third countries the same rules should be applied to the measures to be carried out by the international organisations referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 3/2008. In the interests of legal certainty, the messages disseminated under programmes should comply with the legislation of the third countries targeted.