Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/98 of 19 June 1998 deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the 1998/99 marketing year
Date: 1998-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, flax, marketing year, oleaginous plant, seed, vegetable protein

20. 6. 98

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L 176/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1282/98

of 19 June 1998

deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the
1998/99 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92
of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for produ-
cers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2309/97 (2), and in particular Article 12
thereof,

Whereas Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92
stipulates that, to qualify for the compensatory payments
for cereals, protein crops and linseed under the support
system for certain arable crops, producers must have sown
the seed at the latest by 15 May preceding the relevant
harvest;

Whereas Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
658/96 of 9 April 1996 on certain conditions for granting
compensatory payments under the support system for
producers of certain arable crops (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1128/98 (4), fixes 31 May or 15 June
as the final date for oilseeds;

Whereas, because of the particular weather conditions this
year, the final dates for sowing seeds fixed for Finland,
Greece, Portugal and Sweden cannot be complied with in
for
in consequence,
all cases; whereas,

the time limit

sowing cereals and/or oilseeds, and/or protein crops
and/or linseed for the 1998/99 marketing year should,
where necessary, be deferred for certain specific regions;
whereas to do so Regulations (EEC) No 1765/92 and (EC)
No 658/96 should be waived as permitted by the seventh
indent of Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management
Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The final dates for crop sowings in Finland, Greece,
Portugal, and Sweden for the 1998/99 marketing year are
fixed in the Annex hereto for the crops and regions indi-
cated therein.

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 1 June 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 321, 22. 11. 1997, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 91, 12. 4. 1996, p. 46.
(4) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 89.

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ANNEX

Final date for sowing crops for the 1998/99 marketing year

Crops

Member State

Region

Final date

Cereals, oilseeds, protein crops and
linseed

Sweden

Maize, sunflower

Cereals, oilseeds, protein crops and
linseed

Greece

Finland

G(cid:132)vleborg
Uppsala

Thrace

C1-C4

22 June 1998

22 June 1998

22 June 1998

Maize, sunflower

Portugal

The entire country

22 June 1998

Cereals, protein crops and linseed

Sweden

V(cid:132)sternorrland
J(cid:132)mtland
V(cid:132)sterbotten
Norrbotten

22 June 1998