Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 instituting specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community
Date: 1997-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, beef, goatmeat, less-favoured region, livestock farming

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  25.07.1997 
COM(97)  407  final 

97/0210  (CNS) 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1323/90 instituting specific aid for sheep and goat  farming 
in certain less-favoured areas of the Community 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

Explanatory  memorandum 

The  Council  of  Ministers  when  it  adopted  the  1997/98  prices  package  (meeting  of  23-

25 June  1997) asked the Commission to present a proposal for an increase from 70% to 90% in 

the percentage  paid  in the  case  of dairy  ewes  and  dairy  she-goats  of the  specific  aid  for  sheep 

and goat farming  in certain less-favoured  areas of the Community. 

Producers in these areas are suffering  a marked fall in income owing to difficulties  in the market 

for the dairy products from these animals that they sell. 

The  attached  proposal  responds  to  the  Council's  wish.  The  Commission  proposes  that  the 

increase come into effect from the 1998 marketing year. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) N°......... 

amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1323/90 instituting specific  aid for sheep and  goat  farming 
in certain less-favoured  areas of the  Community 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty  establishing the European  Community, and in particular  Article 43 

thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament1, 

Whereas  prices  are  in  serious  decline  on  the  Community  market  in  sheep's  and  goat's  milk 

products and the situation is unlikely to improve in the medium term; 

Whereas  the  resulting  impact  on producers'  incomes  is likely  to  be  extremely  unfavourable  in 

less-favoured  areas  listed  under  Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°  950/97  of  20  May  1997  on 

improving the efficiency  of agricultural  structures2, where there is little alternative to production 

using the existing sheep and goat dairy breeds; whereas these producers should  be compensated 

by  increasing  from  70% to  90% the percentage  granted  them  under  Council  Regulation  (EEC) 

N°  1323/90 of  14 May  19903, as last amended by Regulation  (EC) N° 40/964,of the specific  aid 

for non-dairy ewes in certain less-favoured  areas of the Community, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

i 

2  OJN°L  142, 2.6.1997, p. 1 

3  OJN°L  132, 23.5.1990, p. 17 

4  OJN°L  10, 13.1.1996, p. 6 

Regulation (EEC) N°  1323/90 is hereby amended as follows: 

Article 1 

- 

in the second indent of Article  1(1) " ECU 4.589" is replaced by "ECU 5.977", 

- 

in the third indent of Article  1(1) "ECU 4.589" is replaced by "ECU 5.977". 

Article 2 

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

It shall apply from the beginning of the 1998 marketing year. 

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

Done at 

For the Council 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

BUDGET HEADING: 2230 

APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 361.4m 

TITLE: 

Council Regulaton amending Regulation (EEC) N°  1323/90 instituting specific  aid for  sheep and goat  farming 
in certain less-favoured areas of the Community 

LEGAL BASIS: Article 43 of Treaty 

AIMS: 

To increase from 70%  to 90%  the percentage granted for dairy ewes and dairy she-goats of the  specific  aid for 
certain less-favoured areas. 

5.1. 

5.0.1 
5.1.1 
5.2 

6.0 

6.1 

6.2 

6.3 

5. 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: 

5.0 

EXPENDITURE 
-  CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET 

(INTERVENTIONS) 

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 

METHOD OF CALCULATION: 

PERIOD OF 
12 
MONTHS 
ECU m 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR (97) 
ECU m 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR (98) 
ECU m 

+ 30 

1999 
+ 30 

+ 27 

2000 
+ 30 

2001 
+ 30 

2002 
+ 30 

1998 marketing year 
20.6 m head x (5.977-4.589)ECU/head x 90%  (advance) x 1.059 =  ECU 27 m 

From  1999 
20.6 m head x (5.977-4.589)ECU/head x  1.059 

= ECU 30 m 

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? 

l/ES 

COMMENTS: 
This proposal  is a follow-up to the Council's  1997/98 price package agreement of 25.6,97. The Couoci'  -  -r^  T) 
to lake ail action  needed to keep EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure within the budget limit*' set foj 5"'•>* 

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