43.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 63/53 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 181/2014 of 20 February 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 ('), and in particular Article 6(2), Article 7, Articles 11(3) and 12(2), Article13, the second subparagraph of Article 14(1) and Article 15(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 has repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (3. Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts. In order to ensure the smooth functioning of the scheme in the new legal framework, rules should be adopted by means of such acts. The new rules should replace the implementing rules of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1914/2006 (). That Regulation is repealed by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 178/2014 (4. (20 Rules should be laid down for fixing the amount of aid for the supply of products under the specific supply arrangements. Such rules should take account of the additional costs of supply to the smaller Aegean islands due to their remoteness and insularity, which constitute a burden that severely handicaps them. (3)  The aid scheme for the supply of products under the specific supply arrangements should be managed by means of a certificate, called an ‘aid certificate’, using the import licence form. () OJ L 78, 20.3.2013, p. 41. (3) Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 of 18 September 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands (O] L 265, 26.9.2006, p. 1). (*) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1914/2006 of 20 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands (O] L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 64). (%) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 178/2014 of 6 November 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands (see page 1 of this Official Journal). (4)  Management of the specific supply arrangements requires the introduction of rules on the issue of the aid certificate, which derogate from the normal rules applicable to import licences pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 (°). (5)  Management of the specific supply arrangements should allow two objectives to be pursued. First, it should promote the rapid issue of certificates, particularly by no longer requiring a security to be lodged beforehand in all cases, and the rapid payment of aid for supplies of products. Second, it should guarantee the control and monitoring of operations and provide the administrative authorities with the instruments they need to ascertain that the objectives of the scheme are being attained. Those objectives are to secure a regular supply of certain agricultural products and to offset the effects of the geographical situation of the smaller Aegean islands by ensuring that the advantages of the scheme are actually passed on to the stage at which the products destined for the end-users are placed on the market. (6)  The rules for the administration of the specific supply arrangements should ensure that, within the framework of the quantities laid down in the forecast supply balances, registered operators obtain a certificate for the products and quantities involved in the commercial transactions which they carry out on their own account, on presentation of documents certifying that the operation is genuine and that the application for a certificate is in order. (7)  Monitoring of operations qualifying under the specific supply arrangements requires, inter alia, proof to be furnished that the supply operation covered by the certificate has been carried out in a short time-span and the transfer of the rights and obligations conferred on the holder of the certificate in question to be prohibited. (8)  The benefit granted in the form of Union aid has to be passed on so that they are reflected in production costs and in the prices paid by the end-users. Checks are therefore needed to ensure that the benefits are actually passed on. (’) Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 of 23 April 2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri- cultural products (O] L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 3).