Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/2000 of 28 June 2000 deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the 2000/01 marketing year
Date: 2000-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, oleaginous plant, seed, utilised agricultural area

29.6.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1374/2000

of 28 June 2000

deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the 2000/01 marketing
year

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:

(1)

(2)

Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 lays
down that, to qualify for area 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 31 May preceding the relevant harvest.

Because of particularly severe weather conditions this
year, the final dates for sowing seeds fixed in several
Member States cannot be complied with in all cases.
Consequently, the final date for sowing cereals and/or
oilseeds and/or linseed for the 2000/01 marketing year
should, where necessary, be deferred for certain specific
regions. In order to do so, a derogation from Regulation

(EC) No 1251/1999 should be laid down as permitted
by the 11th indent of Article 9 of that Regulation.

(3)

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

The final dates for sowing for the 2000/01 marketing year are
fixed in the Annex for the crops, Member States and regions
indicated.

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 31 May 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 12.

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ANNEX

Final dates for sowing for the 2000/01 marketing year

Crop

Member State

Region

Final date

Maize, sunflower, sorghum Spain

The entire country with the exception
the
of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria,
Basque Country
and the Canary
Islands

15 June 2000

Maize, sunflower, sorghum,
linseed

Portugal

All continental Portugal

15 June 2000

Maize, sorghum, sunflower,
buckwheat, soya

France

15 June 2000

Upper Normandy
Lower Normandy
Britanny
Loire Region
Centre
Poitou-Charentes
Limousin
Aquitaine
Midi-Pyrénées

Maize,
sorghum

soya,

sunflower,

Italy

Piedmont

15 June 2000

Maize, soya

Austria

The entire country

Maize

All crops

Luxembourg

The entire country

United Kingdom

The entire country

Maize, soya, sunflower

Greece

Maize

Belgium

All crops

Finland

All crops

Sweden

Macedonia
Thrace

West Flanders
East Flanders
Hainaut

C3
C4

Dalarna
Gävleborg
Jämtland
Västernorrland
Västerbotten
Norrbotten

15 June 2000

15 June 2000

15 June 2000

15 June 2000

15 June 2000

30 June 2000

30 June 2000