Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops as regards the set-aside requirement for the marketing year 1999/2000
Date: 1998-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, cereal-growing, economic support, production aid, set-aside

C  218/20

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

14.7.98

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  (EC)  derogating  from  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1765/92
establishing  a  support  system  for  producers  of  certain  arable  crops  as  regards  the  set(cid:220)aside
requirement  for  the  marketing  year  1999/2000

(98/C  218/11)

COM(1998)  366  final  -  98/0213(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  12  June  1998)

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,

Whereas  the  support  system  for  producers  of  certain  arable  crops  established  by  Regulation
(EEC)  No  1765/92(cid:216)(˛)  provides  that,  in  order  to  qualify  for  compensatory  payments  under  the
general  scheme,  producers  must  set  aside  a  predetermined  percentage  of  their  arable  land;
whereas  this  percentage  has  to  be  reviewed  to  take  account  of  production  and  market  devel(cid:220)
opments;

Whereas,  since  the  introduction  of  this  system,  the  cereals  market  has  achieved  a  better  balance
as  a  result  of  an  increase  in  Community  consumption;  whereas  this  situation,  together  with  the
very  low  level  of  stocks  and  firm  prices  on  the  market  has  resulted  in  the  rate  of  compulsory
set  aside  for  the  preceding  marketing  years  being  set  at  a  level  appreciably  below  that  prede(cid:220)
termined;

Whereas  recent  developments  on  the  Community  and  world  cereal  markets  have  resulted  in  a
reversal  in  the  trend  as  regards  the  level  of  public  stocks  and  prices  on  the  world  market  in
particular;

Whereas  this  situation  must  be  taken  into  account  when  fixing  the  compulsory  set(cid:220)aside  rate
for  the  1999/2000  marketing  year;  whereas  this  rate  should  be  fixed  at  a  level  sufficient  to
prevent  too  high  a  build(cid:220)up  in  public  stocks  immediately  before  the  first  marketing  year  in
which  Agenda  2000  applies,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Article  1

For  the  1999/2000  marketing  year,  notwithstanding  Article  7  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No
1765/92:  the  set(cid:220)aside  requirement  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  of  that  Article  shall  be  set  at
10(cid:216)%.

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  in  its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in  all  Member  States.

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  181,  1.7.1992,  p.  12.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2309/97  (OJ  L  321,

22.11.1997,  p.  3).