Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on the common organisation of the market in rice with regard to the scheme for compensatory payment
Date: 1998-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: GATT, common agricultural policy, common organisation of markets, monetary compensatory amount, rice

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 23.04.1998 
COM(1998) 247  final 

98/ 0140 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

amending Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on the common organisation  of the market 
in rice with regard to the scheme for compensatory payment 

(presented by the Commission) 

Explanatory memorandum 

In point  10 of the compromise on the price proposals for  1997/98, the Council invited the 
Commission  "to  examine  the  possibility  for  Member  States  to  introduce  regional 
subdivisions of the national Maximum  Guaranteed  Area in the recently reformed  market 
organisation for rice." 

Following  that  Council  statement,  the  Greek  authorities  requested  division  of  their 
national base area into two parts. 

The  purpose  of  this  request  is  to  maintain  rice  growing  in  areas  where  the  ground  is 
unsuitable  for  other crops. If the present base area is divided  in two, any overrunning  of 
the base area where rice growing is not traditional would have no impact on the amount 
of aid granted to producers in the base area favourable to rice growing. 

The national base area and the amount of aid will be unchanged. 

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Proposal for 

Council Regulation (EC) No 

/98 

amending Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on the common organisation of the market 
in rice with regard to the scheme for compensatory  payment 

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 Parliament, 

Whereas, in the context  of providing  support  for producers  of rice, Article 6 of  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No 3072/95,»  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  192/98,2  lays, 
down a national base area for each producer Member State with the exception of France, 
for which two base areas are laid down; whereas Greece has requested that there too there 
should  be two base areas, although without differential  compensatory payments, so that, 
without  prejudice  to  the  objectives  of  the  scheme,  areas  may  still  be  devoted  to  rice-
growing  in  regions  where  there  is  no  genuine  possibility  of  alternative  crops  and  that 
request should be accepted 

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 should be amended accordingly, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 is amended as follows: 

1  OJL 329,30.12.1995, p. 18. 

2  OJL 20,27.1.1998, p. 16. 

I. 

Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 

'3. 

The amounts of the compensatory payment shall be as follows: 

ECU/ha 

1997/98 

* 

1998/99 

1999/2000 and 
after 

Spain 

France 

- metropolitan territory 

- French Guiana 

Greece 

-  departments  of  Thessaloniki, 
Serres and Fthiotida 

other departments 

Italy 

Portugal 

111.44 

222.89 

334.33 

96.35 

131.80 

192.70 

263.60 

289.05 

395.40 

131.27 

131.27 

106.00 

106.18 

262.55 

262.55 

212.00 

212.36 

393.82 

393.82 

318.01 

318.53 

In order to pursue  a better orientation of production, the amounts of the compensatory 
payment  may  be  varied  by  applying  price  increases  or  reductions  depending  on  the 
variety. 

The  compensatory  payments  shall  be  made  between  16  October  and  31  December 
following the start of the marketing year in question." 

2. 

Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: 

"4. 
A  national  base  area  for  each  producer  Member  State  is  hereby  established. 
However,  for France and Greece two base areas are established. The base areas shall be 
as follows: 

Spain: 

France: 

104 973 ha 

- metropolitan territory: 

24 500 ha 

- French Guiana: 

5 500 ha 

4 

Greece: 

- departments of Thcssaloniki, 

Serrcs and Fthiotida 

22 330 ha 

- other departments 

2 561 ha 

Italy: 

Portugal: 

239 259 ha 

34 000 ha." 

A£icje_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 1998/99 marketing 
year. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

BUDGET  HEADING:  Bl-1858 

APPROPRIATIONS: 
ECU  38 million  (DB) 

TITLE: 
Proposal  l'or a Council  Regulation  amending  Regulation  (EC)  No 3072/95  on  the common  organisation  of the  market 
in  rice  with  regard  to the scheme  for  compensatory  payment. 

LEGAL  BASIS: 
Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  3072/95 

4. 
( 1 ) 
(2) 

AIMS: 
To  replace  Greece's  national  base  area  by  two separate  base areas convering  the same  total  area; 
Any  overrun  of the base area  where rice  is not grown  traditionally  will have no effect  on the aid  granted  to  producers 
in the area where  there  is demand  for  rice 

FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

5.0 

5.1. 

EXPENDITURE 
-  CHARGED  TO THE  EC  BUDGET 
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 

-  NATIONAL  AUTHORITIES 
-  OTHER 

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

-  NATIONAL 

5.0.1 
5.1.1 
5.2 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED  REVENUE 
METHOD  OF  CALCULATION: 

PERIOD  OF  12 
MONTHS 

ECU  million 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(98) 
ECU  million 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(99) 
ECU  million 

2000 
ECU  million 

2001 
ECU  million 

2002 
ECU  million 

2003 
ECU  million 

6.0 

6.1 

(  AN  TIIM PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  I ROM  APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED  IN 'NI H 
RELEVANT  CHAPTER  OF THE  CURRENT  BUDGET? 
(:AN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  BY  TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS  OF THE 
CURRENT  BUDGET? 
WILL A  SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE  NECESSARY? 
WILL FUTURE  BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS  BE  NECESSARY? 

6.2 
6.3 
OBSERVATIONS: 
As the base  area  and  the aid remain  unchanged,  the measure  will entail no extra  expenditure. 

YES 

YES 

NO 
YES 

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