Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops
Date: 1997-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, cereals, leguminous vegetable, oleaginous plant, set-aside

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  03.03.1997 
COM(97) 83 final 

97/0063  (CNS) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

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

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

This  proposal  aims  to  extend  the  deadline  for  payment  of  compensation  to  the  farmer  in 
respect of 'non-food'  set-aside up to 31 March. 

The  'non-food'  set-aside  scheme  requires  the  raw  material  concerned  to  be  harvested  and 
delivered  before  the  compensation  can  be  made.  Given  that  some  crops  covered  by  the 
scheme are harvested later on in the calender year, various Member States have encountered 
difficulties  in  meeting  the  payment  deadline  of  31  December  which  is  provided  for  in 
Article  10(1) of Regulation (EEC) No  1765/92. 

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 proposal  from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion  of the European Parliament, 

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic  and Social  Committee, 

Whereas,  where raw materials for the manufacture  of products not  intended  for  direct  use 

for  human  or  animal  consumption  are  produced  on  set-aside  land,  the  delivery  of  those 

raw materials to the processor  must be confirmed  for control  reasons before  compensation 

may be paid to the applicant; whereas experience has shown that  compliance with this rule 

makes  it  difficult  to  pay  the  compensation  concerned  by  the  deadline  of  31  December; 

whereas  the  deadline  for  paying  the  compensation  for  the  set-aside  obligation  should  be 

postponed  to 31  March in cases where the land set-aside  is used for the production  of raw 

materials for the manufacture  of products  not  intended  for  direct  use  for  human  or animal 

consumption, 

HAS  ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

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

The following  sentence  is added  to  Article  10(1): 

"However,  where Article  7 (4)  applies, compensation  for the set-aside obligation  shall be 

paid between  16 October and 31  March of the following year." 

Article 2 

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

Official  Journal of the European Communities. 

It shall apply from the  1997/98  marketing year. 

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

States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council, 

The President 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

Date: 

BUDGET  HEADING:  B1-1060 

APPROPRIATIONS:  1.533,6 MECU 

TITLE: 
This  regulation amends regulation  5EEC)  No  1765/92 of the  Council, establishing  a  support  system  for  producers of 
certain arable  crops 

LEGAL  BASIS:  Article  42 and  43 of  the  Treaty 

AIMS: 
To  extend until March  31 the  deadline  for  the payment  of the  aids paid under the  non-food  set aside  scheme, previously 
set on Décembre  31. 

PERIOD  OF 
12 MONTHS 

(ECU  million) 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR  (97) 
(ECU  million) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR  (98) 
(ECU  million) 

5. 

FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS: 

5.0. 

EXPENDITURE 
-  CHARGED  TO THE  EC  BUDGET 

(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 

- NATIONAL  AUTHORITIES 
-OTHER 

5.1. 

REVENUE 
- OWN  RESOURCES  OF THE  EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

-  NATIONAL 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

5.2. 

6.0. 

6.1. 

6.2. 

6.3. 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

METHOD  OF  CALCULATION: 
The  change  in the  date of payment  has no influence  on the  amount  of expenditure  which  remains  inscribed  in the  same 
budgetary  year. 

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/NO 

YES/NO 

Y-BS/NO 

YÊS/NO 

OBSERVATIONS 

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