2000/411/EC: Commission Decision of 9 June 2000 amending Decision 96/228/EC on a long-term national aid scheme to assist farmers in northern areas of Sweden (notified under document number C(2000) 1404) (Only the Swedish text is authentic)
Date: 2000-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, Sweden, aid to agriculture, atmospheric conditions, control of State aid, utilised agricultural area

L 155/60

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28.6.2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 June 2000

amending Decision 96/228/EC on a long-term national aid scheme to assist farmers in northern
areas of Sweden

(notified under document number C(2000) 1404)

(Only the Swedish text is authentic)

(2000/411/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 142 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Sweden, acting in accordance with Article 143 of the
Act of Accession, notified the Commission on 11 May
1995 of the aid scheme proposed under Article 142.

The aid scheme was approved by Commission Decision
96/228/EC (1), as amended by Decision 97/557/EC (2).

Sweden requested the Commission on 28 September
1998, 17 June 1999 and 25 January 2000 to amend
certain aspects of Decision 96/228/EC and subsequently
presented additional
its
requests.

information in support of

In the abovementioned letters Sweden asked that it be
allowed to combine livestock units in pigmeat and egg
sectors considering the number of production factors
eligible for aid. This takes into account the annual fluc-
tuations in the sectors concerned and would not lead to
any increase in production.

Sweden has requested that the maximum amount admis-
sible for transport aid for cow's milk should be increased
to correspond to the total amount of milk produced in
the areas concerned by transfering a corresponding
amount
in
is
from the aid for cow's milk. This
conformity with the principles of the aid scheme.

The national authorities should have the necessary time
to prepare the annual information to be supplied to the
Commission.

Decision 96/228/EC should be amended accordingly.

In view of the nature and scope of the amendments, and
at the request of Sweden, this Decision should apply
from 1 January 2000, with the exception of the amend-

ments referred to in recitals 4 and 5, which should apply
from 1 January 1998,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 96/228/EC is amended as follows:

1. The first paragraph of Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Sweden shall submit to the Commission, before 1 June each
year, as part of the information provided pursuant to Article
143(2) of the Act of Accession, information on the impact
of the aid granted and in particular on production trends
and the development of the means of production benefiting
from the aid and of the economy of the regions concerned,
as well as the impact on the protection of the environment
and the preservation of the countryside referred to in the
third subparagraph of Article 142(3) of the Act of Acces-
sion’.

2. Annexes III and IV are replaced by the text in the Annex to

this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2000, with the
exception of Article 1, point (2), which shall apply from 1
January 1998.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Sweden.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 9 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 76, 26.3.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 230, 21.8.1997, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

Provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 3(1)

Unit aid authorised in SEK/unit

National aid authorised per sub-region
in SEK million/year

Sub-region

Sub-region

Total

1

2A

2B

3

1

2A

2B

3

Cow's milk (SEK/kg)

Goats (SEK/head) (1)

Pigs (SEK/head)

— pigs for slaughter

— sows

1,05

430

222

843

0,71

430

143

437

0,47

430

143

437

Laying hens (SEK/head)

13,45

13,45

13,45

0,09

430

23

101

4,9

53,00

158,00

56,37

0,51

0,46

0,18

0,67

0,40

13,05

2,60

1,69

7,50

0,20

274,87

1,11

0,66

0,13

0,048

14,17

2,91

2,40

Soft fruit and vegetables
(SEK/ha) (2)

Transport aid for cow's milk
(SEK/kg) (3)

2 850

2 850

2 850

1 850

1,84

0,19

2,03

0,043

0,039

0,039

0,03

2,2

8,7

4,9

2,8

18,6

Total

316,09

(1) Only goats used for milk production.
(2) Excluding potatoes.
(3) Between the farm and the collection centre or first processing centre.

ANNEX IV

Provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1)

(Quantities expressed in production factors)

Dairy cows (heads)

Goats (heads)

Laying hens and pigs (LU) (1)

Soft fruit and vegetables (2)

Number of production factors eligible for aid
(heads, livestock units or hectares)

northern sub-region

Total

1

2A

2B

3

8 919

1 173

778

34 057

19 465

14 559

77 000

936

12 349

646

468

3 405

104

2 577

16 532

750

(1) Where 1 laying hen is 0,01 LU, sow is 0,33 LU and 1 pig for slaughter is 0,10 LU.
(2) Excluding potatoes.’