Council Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 of 28 September 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on the common organisation of the market in rice with regard to the scheme for compensatory payment
Date: 1998-09-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, common organisation of markets, monetary compensatory amount, rice, utilised agricultural area

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2072/98

of 28 September 1998

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 (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas, in the context of providing support for producers of rice, Article 6 of Regulation
(EC) No 3072/95 (3) 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 the Hellenic
Republic has requested that for that country also 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 1

In Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be 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

111,44

222,89

334,33

Spain

France

(cid:190) metropolitan territory

(cid:190) French Guiana

96,35

131,80

192,70

263,60

289,05

395,40

Greece

(cid:190) departments of Thessaloniki, Serres

and Fthiotida

(cid:190) other departments

Italy

Portugal

131,27

131,27

262,55

262,55

393,82

393,82

106,00

212,00

318,01

106,18

212,36

318,53

(1) OJ C 159, 26. 5. 1998, p. 17.
(2) OJ C 292, 21. 9. 1998.
(3) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 192/98 (OJ L

20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16).

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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.

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

(cid:190) metropolitan territory

(cid:190) French Guiana

Greece

(cid:190) departments of Thessaloniki,

Serres and Fthiotida

(cid:190) other departments

Italy

Portugal

104 973 ha

24 500 ha

5 500 ha

22 330 ha

2 561 ha

239 259 ha

34 000 ha'

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 September 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 September 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER