In the light of the Commission's considerable experience in applying those Articles to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products, it is appropriate, with a view to ensuring efficient supervision and simplifying administration without weakening Commission monitoring, that the Commission should make use of the powers conferred by Regulation (EC) No 994/98 also for small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products, insofar as Article 89 of the Treaty has been declared applicable to such products.
Glede na bogate izkušnje Komisije pri uporabi teh členov v zvezi z malimi in srednje velikimi podjetji, ki se ukvarjajo s proizvodnjo, predelavo ali trženjem kmetijskih proizvodov, je primerno, da zaradi zagotavljanja učinkovitega nadzora in poenostavitve upravljanja, ne da bi ob tem prišlo do zmanjšane možnosti Komisije za spremljanje, Komisija uporabi pooblastila, ki ji jih daje Uredba (ES) št. 994/98, tudi pri malih in srednje velikih podjetjih, ki se ukvarjajo s proizvodnjo, predelavo ali trženjem kmetijskih proizvodov, če je bilo določeno, da se člen 89 Pogodbe uporablja za take proizvode.