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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2389/88

of 29 July 1988

laying down detailed rules for the application of a direct aid scheme for small producers of cereals for the 1988/89 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2221/88 (2), and in particular Article 4 (5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2227/88 of 19 July 1988 laying down detailed rules for the special arrangements applicable to small producers under the co-responsibility arrangements in the cereals sector (3),

Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2227/88 defines the criteria according to which the overall amount of aid fixed for the marketing year in question is to be allocated among the Member States; whereas the said allocation among the Member States should be made according to those criteria;

Whereas certain criteria should be laid down to enable the Member States to define small producers of cereals eligible for that aid;

Whereas the conditions for payment of the aid should be laid down; whereas, to that end, small producers must provide evidence that they have borne the cost of the co-responsibility levies; whereas that evidence, in the form of supporting documents, does not preclude the possibility provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2227/88 of granting the aid on a flat-rate basis;

Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2227/88 provides that Member States which experience particular difficulties of an administrative or technical nature may grant the aid to small producers in the form of compensation for co-responsibility levies, to offset which the aid is not paid; whereas that situation arises for Spain, Greece and Italy;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The direct aid for small producers of cereals as provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2227/88 shall be allocated according to the terms of this Regulation.

2. The overall amount of the aid referred to in Article 2 (3) of the abovementioned Regulation shall be allocated among the Member States as set out in the Annex hereto.

Pursuant to Article 2 (4) of that Regulation, no amount shall be fixed for Spain, Greece or Italy.

Article 2

1. Member States shall pay the aid to the producers on presentation of supporting documents certifying that they have paid the co-responsibility levies referred to in Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1432/88 of 26 May 1988 laying down detailed rules for applying the co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector (4). The Member States may require other supporting documents to be presented.

Article 3

The aid shall be paid to the recipients no later than 31 December following the end of the marketing year in respect of which the aid is granted.

Article 4

In Spain, Greece and Italy, the aid for small producers of cereals shall take the form of compensation for co-responsibility levies payable by the latter for up to:

- an amount corresponding, for each producer, to the levy for 25 tonnes of cereals,

- an overall amount per Member State, equal to:

- 43,98 million ECU for Spain,

- 14,67 million ECU for Greece,

- 47,70 million ECU for Italy.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.

(3) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 26.

(4) OJ No L 131, 27. 5. 1988, p. 37.

ANNEX

Allocation of the aid for small producers among the Member States

1.2 // // // Member State // million ECU // // // France // 59,25 // Federal Republic of Germany // 27,85 // United Kingdom // 9,81 // Denmark // 8,58 // Ireland // 2,79 // Belgium // 3,17 // Netherlands // 1,96 // Luxembourg // 0,24 // // // Total // 113,65 // //