1999/19/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1998 amending for the eighth time Decision 95/32/EC approving the Austrian programme for the implementation of Article 138 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (notified under document number C(1998) 4363) (Only the German text is authentic)
Date: 1998-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, aid to agriculture, swine

L 6/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12. 1. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 1998

amending for the eighth time Decision 95/32/EC approving the Austrian
programme for the implementation of Article 138 of the Act concerning the
conditions of accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and
the Kingdom of Sweden

(notified under document number C(1998) 4363)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(1999/19/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland
and Sweden, and in particular Article 138 thereof,

Whereas on 8 November 1994 Austria notified the
Commission, pursuant to Article 143 of the Act of Acces-
sion, of the Austrian programme for the implementation
of its Article 138 aid for a number of products for the
period 1995 to 1999 inclusive;

Whereas this programme, as modified by letter dated 16
December 1994, was approved by Commission Decision
95/32/EC (1); whereas that Decision was amended by
Decisions 95/209/EC (2), 95/416/EC (3), 96/38/EC (4), 96/
140/EC (5), 97/24/EC (6), 97/354/EC (7) and 98/68/EC (8);

Whereas by letter dated 1 December 1998 Austria noti-
fied the Commission of a request for Commission author-
isation to further amend that programme;

Whereas Austria proposes to flatten the rates of degres-
sion of the transitional aids for the years 1998 and 1999
for fattening pigs, sows and sows undergoing performance

testing; whereas in respect of
the three categories of
produce those rates are currently set at 15 % and 0 %, as
calculated on the basis of
the initial values in 1995;
whereas Austria propounds to modify these rates to 35 %
in 1998 and to 30 % in 1999;

that

Whereas this request is considered to be in accordance
with Article 138(4)(2) of the Act of Accession, which
the Commission
stipulates
according to Article 138 of the Act of Accession shall be
granted subject
to any adjustments which may be
rendered necessary by developments in the level of prices
in the Community,

authorisations

by

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Decision 95/32/EC, the rows which
concern the categories ‘fattening pigs',
‘sows' and ‘sows
undergoing performance testing' are replaced by the
following rows:

(in ATS)

Product

[. . .]

Maximum rate of aid for products produced in each of the years shown

1995

[. . .]

1996

[. . .]

1997

[. . .]

1998

[. . .]

1999

[. . .]

2000

[. . .]

‘Fattening pigs

80/animal

Sows

Sows undergoing
performance testing

1 400/animal

2 500/animal

65 % of
rate in
1995

40 % of
rate in
1995

35 % of
rate in
1995

30 % of
rate in
1995

0 % of
rate in
1995'

[. . .]

[. . .]

[. . .]

[. . .]

[. . .]

[. . .]

[. . .]

(1) OJ L 43, 25. 2. 1995, p. 53.
(2) OJ L 131, 15. 6. 1995, p. 34.
(3) OJ L 242, 11. 10. 1995, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 10, 13. 1. 1996, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 32, 10. 2. 1996, p. 33.
(6) OJ L 8, 11. 1. 1997, p. 27.
(7) OJ L 151, 10. 6. 1997, p. 43.
(8) OJ L 10, 16. 1. 1998, p. 36.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 6/21

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1998.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission