Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops
Date: 1995-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, cereals, enlargement of the Union, leguminous vegetable, oleaginous plant, set-aside

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 09.06.1995 
COM(95) 25?  final 

95/0B5(CNS) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EO 

amending Regulation (EEC) No  1765/92 establishing a support system 

for producers of certain arable crops 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Following  the accession  of Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden to the European  Union, certain 
adjustments  need  to  be made  to the  aid  scheme  for  producers  of  arable crops. 

The  agreements  concluded  under  GATT  between  the  European  Community  and  certain 
third countries regarding oilseeds provide, in the event of enlargement, that the maximum 
guaranteed  area of  Community  oilseeds  must be  adjusted  accordingly. 

In  addition,  it  is  proposed  to  repeal  a  number  of  Regulations  which  have  become 
redundant  following  the  CAP  reform. 

A-

Proposal  for 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) No  ...795 

of 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No  1765/92 establishing  a support  system 

for  producers of certain  arable  crops 

THE  COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles  42 

and  43  thereof, 

Having  regard  to the  Act  of Accession  of Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden, 

Having regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission,' 

Having  regard  to the opinion  of the European  Parliament,2 

Whereas  Article  3(6)  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1765/923,  as  last  amended  by  the  Act  of 
Accession  of Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden4,  provides  for  a specific  measure  in the  event  that 

a  Member  State  chooses to establish  production  regions  which  do  not  correspond  to  the  base 

areas  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  yields  resulting  from  the  plan  applied  in  1993  are  complied 

with;  whereas,  in the case of the new Member  States, which  were not  subject  to this  measure 

in  1993, it is necessary  to ensure that the yields resulting from  the plan applied  in the first  year 

of  accession  are complied  with; 

Whereas,  within  the  framework  of  the General  Agreement  on  Tariffs  and  Trade  (GATT),  the 

European Community has concluded agreements with certain third countries on certain oilseeds; 
whereas  those  agreements  were  approved  in  Council  Decisions  93/355/EEC5  and  94/87/EC6; 

OJNoC,  .  .  1995, p. 
OJNoC,  .  .  1995, p. 
OJNo  L  181,  1.7.1992, p.  12. 

OJ No  L,  .  .  1995, p. 
O.I No L  147,  18.6.1993, p. 25. 
OJ No  L 47,  18.2.1994,  p.  1. 

whereas  those  agreements  have  been  applied  within  the  framework  of  Regulation  (EEC) 

No  1765/92; 

Whereas  the  aforementioned  agreements  provide  that  in  the  event  of  an  enlargement  of  the 

Community  the area used to calculate the oilseeds maximum guaranteed area is to be increased 

by an  area  not  greater  than  the average area harvested  in each new Member  State  in the  three 

years  immediately  preceding  accession; 

Whereas  it  is  necessary  to  allocate  to  the  new  Member  States  national  reference  areas  for 

oilseeds; 

Whereas  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1765/92  introduces  a  support  scheme  for  producers  of  certain 

arable  crops;  whereas  certain  of  the  legislative  provisions  applicable  prior  to  that  Regulation 

have  therefore  become  redundant;  whereas,  in  order  to  clarify  and  simplify  Community 

legislation,  those provisions  should  be  repealed, 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  1765/92 is hereby  amended  as  follows: 

1. 

The  second  sentence  of  Article  3(6)  is replaced  by the  following: 

"If it emerges from  this information  that, in a Member State, the average yield  resulting 

from  the regionalization plan applied in  1993, in accordance with paragraph  2, or, in the 

case  of  the  new  Member  States,  the  average  yield  resulting  from  the  plan  applied  in 

1995, is exceeded, all compensatory  payments to be made in that Member  State for  the 

following  marketing year  shall be reduced  in proportion  to the overrun  which has been 

recorded." 

2. 

In Annex  IV  "5  128 000" is replaced  by  "5 484 000". 

3. 

The  following  is added  to  Annex  V: 

Member  State 

1994/95 

Austria 
Finland 
Sweden 

- 
- 
- 

(in '000 ha) 

1995/96 
and  subsequent 
years 

147 
70 
137 

Article 2 

Regulations  (EEC)  No  115/67,  (EEC)  No  167/67,  (EEC)  No  724/67,  (EEC) No  3766/91, (EEC) 

No  1431/82 and (EEC) No 2036/82 are hereby repealed: 

Article 3 

This Regulation  shall  enter into force  on the seventh day following  its publication  in the  Official 

Journal of the European Communities. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

The President 

BUDGET  HEADING:  BI-1052  (SAB  95) 

APPROPRIATIONS: 
ECU  2 268  million 

TITLE: 
Proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1765/92  establishing  a support  system  for  producers 
of certain  arable  crops 

3. 

LEGAL  BASIS: Articles 42  and 43  of the Treaty  and  Article  169 of the Treaty  of Accession  of Austria,  Finland  and 
Sweden 

AIMS: 

To  fix  the  national  reference  areas  for  oilseeds  for  the new  Member  States. 

FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS: 

5.0. 

EXPENDITURE 
-  CHARGED  TO THE  EC  BUDGET 

(INTERVENTION) 

PERIOD  OF  12 
MONTHS 

(ECU  million) 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(95) 
(ECU  million) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(96) 
(ECU  million) 

128.8 

64.4 

126.6 

5.1. 

5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 

1997 

124.4 

1998 

124.4 

1999 

124.4 

2000 

124.4 

5.2. 

METHOD  OF  CALCULATION: 

For  Austria  and  Finland,  the aid  is based  on the oilseed  yield,  which  for  Sweden  it  is based  on the  cereals  yield. 

Austria: 
Finland: 
Sweden: 

147 000  ha x  88% x  ECU  183.7/t  x 2.74  t/ha 
70 000  ha x  88% x ECU  183.7/t  x  1.59  t/ha 
137 000  ha x  88"x  ECU  94.2/t  x 4.02  t/ha 
TOTAL 

ECU  65.1  million 
ECU  18.0 million 
ECU  45.7  million 
ECU  128.8 million 

The  above  calculation  was carried  out  for  the  1995/96  marketing  year.  Expenditure  is split  50/50% between  the  1995 
and  1996 budgets.  For the  following  marketing  years the calculation  is  identical  but  takes  account  of the  15% rate  for 
rotational  set-aside,  not  the  12% rate. 

6.0. 

6.1. 

6.2. 

6.3. 

CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  FROM  APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED  IN THE  RELEVANT 
CHAPTER  OF THE  CURRENT  BUDGET? 

CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  BY TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS  OF THE  CURRENT 
BUDGET? 

WILL  A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE NECESSARY? 

WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE NECESSARY? 

YES 

YES 

NO 

YES 

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