18.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 341/69 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 17 December 2013 establishing the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency and repealing Decision 2004/858/EC (2013/770[EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes ('), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas: S () ) Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 empowers the Commission to delegate powers to the executive agencies to implement all or part of a Union programme or project, on its behalf and under its responsibility. The purpose of entrusting the executive agencies with programme implementation tasks is to enable the Commission to focus on its core activities and functions which cannot be outsourced, without relin- quishing control over, and ultimate responsibility for, activities managed by those executive agencies. The delegation of tasks related to programme implemen- tation to an executive agency requires a clear separation between the programming stages involving a large measure of discretion in making choices driven by policy considerations, this being carried out by the Commission, and programme implementation, which should be entrusted to the executive agency. By Decision 2004/858/EC (%), the Commission created the Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. Commission Decision 2004/858/EC of 15 December 2004 setting up an executive agency, the ‘Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme’, for the management of Community action in the field of public health — pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 (O] L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 73). ) = = (hereinafter referred to as the Agency) and entrusted it with the management of the programme of Community action in the field of public health for the period from 1 January 2003 until 31 December 2008, adopted by Decision No 1786/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). Subsequently, the Commission amended the Agency’s mandate on several occasions, extending it to cover the management of new projects and programmes. Commission Decision 2008/544/EC (%) transformed the ‘Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme’ into the ‘Executive Agency for Health and Consumers’, extended its mandate until 31 December 2015 and included in it the implementation of the Public Health Programme 2008-2013 adopted by Decision No 1350/2007EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (°), the Consumer Programme for 2007-2013 as adopted by Decision No 1926/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (°) and the food safety training measures covered by Council Directive 2000/29/EC () and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Coun- cil (). Commission Implementing Decision 2012/740[EU (°) extended the scope of the Agency’s activities to training measures outside the Member States and entrusted it with managing the food safety training measures covered by Commission Decision Decision No 1786/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 adopting a programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008) (O] L 271, 9.10.2002, p. 1). Commission Decision 2008/544/EC of 20 June 2008 amending Decision 2004/858/EC in order to transform the ‘Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme’ into the ‘Executive Agency for Health and Consumers’ (O] L 173, 3.7.2008, p. 27). Decision No 1350/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 establishing a second programme of Community action in the field of health (2008-13) (O] L 301, 20.11.2007, p. 3). Decision No 1926/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a programme of Community action in the field of consumer policy (2007-2013) (O] L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 39). Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (O] L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (O] L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1). Commission Implementing Decision 2012/740/EU of 29 November 2012 amending Decision 2004/858EC, as amended by Decision 2008/544[EC, establishing the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 (O] L 331, 1.12.2012, p. 50).