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Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 9/30/2003

**GAIN Report Number:** E23183

E23183

**European Union**

**Planting Seeds**

**EU Commission proposes to maintain levels of seed subsidies for
2004/05**

**2003**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Christine Strossman

#### U.S. Mission to the EU, Brussels

**Prepared by:**

Peter Talks

**Report Highlights:**

The European Commission has proposed a Regulation to maintain levels of
support to the seed sector at their current levels for 2004/2005,
providing €109m worth of subsidies.

This proposal, if adopted, would cover the interim period before the
seed payments are integrated into the decoupled Single Farm Payment,
part of the recent CAP Reform, starting in 2005.

The proposals must now be approved by the European Parliament and
European Council.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Brussels USEU \[BE2\]

\[E2\]

The Commission proposals to set aid rates for the seeds sector are
needed in the interim period before the seeds common market organization
reform enters into force in 2005.

The full text of the Proposal can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/cgi-bin/eur-lex/udl.pl?REQUEST=Service-Search&LANGUAGE=en&GUILANGUAGE=en&SERVICE=all&COLLECTION=com&DOCID=503PC0552

The below table outlines the proposed levels of aid for Marketing Year
2004/05.

**2004/05 MARKETING YEAR\
Aid rates applicable in the Community**

(EUR/100 kg)

+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| C |         | Description                                | Aid rate  |
| N |         |                                            |           |
| c |         |                                            |           |
| o |         |                                            |           |
| d |         |                                            |           |
| e |         |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   |         | 1\. *CERES*                                |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1001 90 | *Triticum spelta* L                        | 14.37     |
|   | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1006 10 | *Oryza sativa* L.                          | 17**.**27 |
|   | 10      |                                            |           |
|   |         | \- Long-grain varieties the grains of      | 14**.**85 |
|   |         | which are of a length exceeding            |           |
|   |         | 6.0 millimetres and of a length/width      |           |
|   |         | ratio of not less than 3                   |           |
|   |         |                                            |           |
|   |         | \- Other varieties the grains of which are |           |
|   |         | of a length exceeding, not exceeding or    |           |
|   |         | equal to 6.0 millimetres and of a          |           |
|   |         | length/width ratio of less than 3          |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   |         | 2\. *OLEAGINEAE*                           |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1204 00 | *Linum usitatissimum* L. (fibre flax)      | 28.38     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1204 00 | *Linum usitatissimum* L. (linseed)         | 22.46     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1207 99 | *Cannabis sativa* L. (varieties with a     | 20.53     |
| x | 10      | tetrahydrocannabinol content not exceeding |           |
|   |         | 0.2%)                                      |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   |         | 3***.** GRAMINEAE*                         |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Agrostis canina* L.                       | 75.95     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Agrostis gigantea Roth.*                  | 75.95     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Agrostis stolonifera* L.                  | 75.95     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Agrostis capillaris* L.                   | 75.95     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Arrhenatherum elatius* (L.) P. Beauv. ex  | 67.14     |
| x | 80      | J.S. and K.B. Presl.                       |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Dactylis glomerata* L.                    | 52.77     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 23 | *Festuca arundinacea* Schreb.              | 58.93     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 23 | *Festuca ovina* L.                         | 43.59     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1209 23 | *Festuca pratensis* Huds.                  | 43.59     |
|   | 11      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1209 23 | *Festuca rubra* L.                         | 36.83     |
|   | 15      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Festulolium*                              | 32.36     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1209 25 | *Lolium multiflorum* Lam*.*                | 21.13     |
|   | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1209 25 | *Lolium perenne* L*.*                      | 30.99     |
|   | 90      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Lolium x boucheanum* Kunth                | 21.13     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Phleum Bertolinii* (DC)                   | 50.96     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1209 26 | *Phleum pratense* L*.*                     | 83.56     |
|   | 00      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Poa nemoralis* L.                         | 38.88     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1209 24 | *Poa pratensis* L.                         | 38.52     |
|   | 00      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Poa palustris* and *Poa trivialis* L.     | 38.88     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   |         | 4\. *LEGUMINOSAE*                          |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Hedysarum coronarium* L.                  | 36.47     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Medicago lupulina* L.                     | 31.88     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 21 | *Medicago sativa* L. (ecotypes)            | 22.10     |
| x | 00      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 21 | *Medicago sativa* L. (varieties)           | 36.59     |
| x | 00      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Onobrichis viciifolia* Scop.              | 20.04     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 0713 10 | *Pisum sativum* L. (partim) (field peas)   | 0         |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 22 | *Trifolium alexandrinum* L.                | 45.76     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 22 | *Trifolium hybridum* L.                    | 45.89     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 22 | *Trifolium incarnatum* L.                  | 45.76     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
|   | 1209 22 | *Trifolium pratense* L.                    | 53.49     |
|   | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 22 | *Trifolium repens* L.                      | 75.11     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 22 | *Trifolium repens* L. var*. giganteum*     | 70.76     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 22 | *Trifolium resupinatum* L.                 | 45.76     |
| x | 80      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 0713 50 | *Vicia faba* L. (partim) (field beans)     | 0         |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Vicia sativa* L.                          | 30.67     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+
| e | 1209 29 | *Vicia villosa* Roth*.*                    | 24.03     |
| x | 10      |                                            |           |
+---+---------+--------------------------------------------+-----------+

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