Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes as regards the deadlines for lodging applications for compensatory payments under the aid scheme for rice producers
Date: 1998-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, aid system, management information system, production aid, rice

27.5.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  160/17

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  (EC)  amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No(cid:216)3508/92  establishing
an  integrated  administration  and  control  system  for  certain  Community  aid  schemes  as  regards
the  deadlines  for  lodging  applications  for  compensatory  payments  under  the  aid  scheme  for  rice
producers

(98/C  160/08)

COM(1998)  228  final  -  98/0136(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  16  April  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

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

Article  1

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Article  6  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No(cid:216)3508/92  is  amended
as  follows:

Having 
Parliament,

regard 

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

(a)(cid:217)The  following  is  inserted  as  the  second  subparagraph

of  paragraph  2:

Whereas  Article  6  of  Council  Regulation 
(EC)
No(cid:216)3072/95  of  22  December  1995  on  the  common
organisation  of  the  market  in  rice(cid:216)(˛),  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No(cid:216)192/98(cid:216)(ˇ),  introduces  compensatory
payments  to  Community  rice  producers;

Whereas  Article  1(a)  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)
No(cid:216)3508/92  of  27  November  1992  establishing  an  inte(cid:220)
grated  administration  and  control  system  for  certain
Community  aid  schemes(cid:216)(—),  at  last  amended  by  Regu(cid:220)
lation  (EC)  No(cid:216)820/97(cid:216)((cid:209)),  stipulates  that  the  system  it
introduces 
is  to  apply  to  the  aid  scheme  for  rice
producers  established  by  Article  6  of  Regulation  (EC)
No(cid:216)3072/95;

Whereas,  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  integrated  system  is
properly  and  permanently  applied  to  the  scheme  of
compensatory  payments  to  rice  producers,  the  deadlines
for  lodging  applications  and  for  certain  amendments  to
applications  in  the  producer  Member  States  should  be
specified;

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  329,  30.12.1995,  p.  18.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  20,  27.1.1998,  p.  16.
(—)(cid:217)OJ  L  355,  5.12.1992,  p.  1.
((cid:209))(cid:217)OJ  L  117,  7.5.1997,  p.  1.

"In  the  context  of  the  compensatory  payments  to  rice
producers  provided  for  in  Article  6  of  Regulation
(EC)  No(cid:216)3072/95,  the  date  fixed  by  the  Member
State  may  not  be  later  than  31  May  preceding  the
harvest  in  question  and,  in  the  case  of  Portugal  and
Spain,  30  June  preceding  the  harvest.’

(b) The 

following  subparagraph 

is  added 

to  para(cid:220)

graph  4:

"In  the  context  of  the  compensatory  payments  to  rice
producers  provided  for  in  Article  6  of  Regulation
(EC)  No(cid:216)  3072/95,  certain  amendments  may  be
made 
the
competent  authorities  receive  these  not  later  than  the
dates  fixed  in  the  second  subparagraph  of  para(cid:220)
graph  2.’

""area’’  aid  applications  provided 

to 

Article  2

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

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

in 

its  entirety  and