Commission Regulation (EC) No 2714/1999 of 20 December 1999 establishing transitional provisions on the administration and control of direct payments in the sectors of arable crops and beef and veal
Date: 1999-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, aid per hectare, beef, cereals, management information system, oleaginous plant

21. 12. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 327/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2714/1999

of 20 December 1999

establishing transitional provisions on the administration and control of direct payments in the
sectors of arable crops and beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

the said schemes and that Member States have the flexi-
bility provided for in Article 6 of that Regulation.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Committees
concerned,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17
May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of
certain arable crops (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (2), and in particular Article 50 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27
November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and
control system for certain Community aid schemes (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1036/1999 (4), and in par-
ticular Article 12(h) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In the framework of Agenda 2000, the direct payment
schemes in the sectors of arable crops and beef and veal
have been revised and are now set out in Council Regu-
lations (EC) No 1251/1999 and (EC) No 1254/1999.

In the interest of clarity and legal certainty and in order
to ensure these schemes be properly implemented the
applicable administration and control provisions should
be clarified. To that purpose, pending the decision of the
Council on the amendments to Regulation (EEC) No
3508/92 as proposed by the Commission, it is appro-
priate, for a transitional period, to ensure that the inte-
grated administration and control system be applied to

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The integrated administration and control system as established
by Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 shall apply to applications
submitted for aids pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999
and Chapter I of Title I of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.

Article 2

1.
‘Area’ aid applications within the meaning of Article 6(1)
of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 shall be submitted by a date
to be fixed by the Member State which shall not be after that
laid down for the submission of applications in Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999.

2.
Certain amendments may be made to the ‘area’ aid
application provided that they are received by the competent
authorities no later than the date laid down for sowing in
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.

It shall apply from 1 January to 30 June 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 127, 21.5.1999, p. 4.