Commission Regulation (EC) No 1332/2000 of 23 June 2000 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops
Date: 2000-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, cereals, derogation from EU law, leguminous vegetable, oleaginous plant, production aid

24.6.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1332/2000

of 23 June 2000

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain
arable crops

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17
May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of
certain arable crops (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
2704/1999 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

The situation described above justifies derogations from
the requirements concerning flowering and the use of
set-aside land laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2316/
1999.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (3)
lays
down detailed rules for the application of Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999 as regards the conditions governing
area payments for certain arable crops. Article 3(1)(c)
lays down that the areas concerned must be maintained,
until at least the beginning of flowering, under condi-
tions of normal growth.

For the 2000/01 marketing year and notwithstanding Article
3(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999, areas sown with
arable crops in non-irrigated (‘secano’) regions in Spain, other
than in Galicia, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and
the Canary Islands shall remain eligible for area payments
provided that the land remained unused until the normal flow-
ering period of the damaged crop.

The exceptional weather conditions which have affected
certain regions of Spain, with a severe drought between
autumn 1999 and spring 2000, have not permitted a
normal flowering cycle in the crops in question and the
producers concerned risk losing direct payments because
they have not fulfilled the requirement on flowering.

Article 19(2) and (3) lays down that areas set aside must
so remain for a period commencing on 15 January at
the latest and ending on 31 August at the earliest and
must not, except where otherwise provided for, be used
for agricultural production or for any lucrative purpose.
The drought in Austria and Germany is affecting the
fodder and exposing producers to heavy
supply of
income losses by forcing them to sell their livestock
when their usual supplies of feed cannot be guaranteed.
Temporary alternatives should therefore be found by
authorising the use of set-aside land for arable crops,
while providing for measures to ensure that use of the
land concerned is not lucrative.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43.

Article 2

1.
For the 2000/01 marketing year and notwithstanding
Article 19(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999, land
declared as set aside in Austria and Germany in the regions laid
down in the Annex hereto may be used for producing animal
feed.

Austria and Germany shall take all necessary measures to
2.
ensure that the set-aside land is not used for lucrative purposes
and, in particular, that the products harvested from the areas
concerned are excluded from the aid scheme for dried fodder
laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 (4).

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

(4) OJ L 63, 21.3.1995, p. 1.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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

Done at Brussels, 23 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

AUSTRIA

Niederösterreich (gesamtes Landesgebiet)

Burgenland (gesamtes Landesgebiet)

Steiermark (gesamtes Landesgebiet)

Oberösterreich (gesamtes Landesgebiet)

Salzburg (Bezirk Salzburg Land).

GERMANY

Brandenburg (gesamtes Landesgebiet)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Landkreis:

— Uecker-Randow

Sachsen-Anhalt

Landkreise:

— Altmarkkreis
— Salzwedel
— Stendal
— Ohrekreis
— Jerichower Land
— Anhalt-Zerbst
— Wittenberg.