Commission Regulation (EC) No 1098/1999 of 27 May 1999 deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the 1999/2000 marketing year
Date: 1999-05-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, cereals, leguminous vegetable, marketing year, oleaginous plant, terms for aid

28. 5. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 133/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1098/1999

of 27 May 1999

deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the
1999/2000 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 1624/98 (2), and in particular Article 12
thereof,

(1) 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;

(2) 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 610/1999 (4), fixes
the final dates for sowing oilseeds;

(3) Whereas, because of the particular weather conditions
this year, the final dates for sowing seeds fixed in
several Member States cannot be complied with in all
in consequence, the time limit for
cases; whereas,

linseed for

sowing cereals and/or oilseeds, and/or protein crops
the 1999/2000 marketing year
and/or
should, where necessary; 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;

(4) 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 for the 1999/2000
marketing year are fixed in the Annex hereto for the
crops and the Member States indicated 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 15 May 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 91, 12.4.1996, p. 46.
(4) OJ L 75, 20.3.1999, p. 24.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28. 5. 1999

ANNEX

Final date for sowing crops for the 1999/2000 marketing year

Crops

Member State

Region

Final date

Maize, sunflower, sorghum, soya, buck-
wheat

France

The entire country

31 May 1999

Cereals, oilseeds, protein crops and linseed

Maize, sunflower, soya, sorghum

Maize, soya

Belgium
Denmark
Luxemburg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Germany

Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal

Austria

The entire country

31 May 1999

The entire country

31 May 1999

The entire country

31 May 1999