Council Regulation (EC) No 1593/2000 of 17 July 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes
Date: 2000-07-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU aid, aid system, aid to agriculture, area of holding, management information system

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1593/2000

of 17 July 2000

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control
system for certain Community aid schemes

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

1.

in Article 1:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The decisions on the reform of the common agricultural
policy require adjustments to be made to the integrated
administration and control system.

The application of
the integrated management and
control system in those areas to which it applies has led
to significant progress in reducing the risk to the EAGGF
Guarantee Section from agricultural expenditure. Provi-
sion should be made that the Member States are to
design their own systems, compatible with the essential
elements of the integrated administration and control
system,
for the application of other Community aid
schemes.

In view of the difficulties encountered when carrying out
administrative checks on areas declared, and in partic-
ular the costs and time involved in clearing up anoma-
lies in declarations and in view of experience in a
number of Member States which have created a special
in digital
parcel
information systems,
orthoimagery and geographical
provision should be made for
the introduction of
computerised geographical
information system tech-
niques for the identification of agricultural parcels.

identification system and progress

The measures necessary for the implementation of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3508/92 should be adopted in accord-
ance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June
1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (2).

the introductory phase of

Now that
the integrated
administration and control system has largely been
completed, the Commission should continue to be kept
informed about the application and effectiveness of that
system in the Member States,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 (3) is hereby amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.
Each Member State shall set up an integrated
administration and control system, hereinafter referred
to as the “integrated system”, applying:

(a) in the crop sector:

(i) to the support system for producers of certain
arable crops established by Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 (*);

(ii) to the aid scheme for rice producers estab-
lished by Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
3072/95 (**);

(iii) to the specific measure in respect of certain
grain legumes introduced by Regulation (EC)
No 1577/96 (***);

(b) in the livestock sector:

(i) to the premium and payment arrangements
for beef and veal producers established by
Chapter 1 of Title 1 of Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999 (****);

(ii) to the premium arrangements for sheepmeat
and goatmeat producers introduced by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2467/98 (*****);

(iii) to direct payments under Article 19 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May
1999 on the common organisation of
the
market in milk and milk products (******)

hereinafter referred to as “Community schemes”.

(*) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2704/1999 (OJ L
327, 21.12.1999, p. 12).

(**) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (OJ L
265, 30.9.1998, p. 4).

(***) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 4. Regulation as
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1826/97 (OJ L 260, 23.9.1997, p. 11).

(****) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(*****) OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1.
(******) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.’;

(1) OJ C 89, 29.3.2000, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1036/1999 (OJ L 327, 21.5.1999, p. 4).

(b) paragraph 3 shall be deleted;

(c) paragraph 4 shall become paragraph 3;

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2.

in Article 2, letters (b) and (c) shall be replaced by the
following:

(d) paragraph 6 shall be replaced by the following:

‘(b) an identification system for agricultural parcels,

(c) a system for the identification and registration of

animals,’;

For each of
shall

indicate the area and its

the agricultural parcels declared,
‘6.
location,
farmers
which information must enable the parcel
to be
identified in the identification system for agricultural
parcels.’;

3. Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:

5. the following Article shall be inserted:

‘Article 4

‘Article 9a

An identification system for agricultural parcels shall be
established on the basis of maps or land registry docu-
ments or other cartographic references. Use shall be
made of computerised geographical
information system
techniques including preferably aerial or spatial orthoi-
magery, with an homogenous
standard guaranteeing
accuracy at least equivalent to cartography at a scale of
1:10 000.’;

4.

in Article 6:

For

the purposes of

1.
applying Community aid
schemes listed in the Annex and which are not referred
to in Article 1, the Member States shall ensure that the
administration and control systems applied to them are
compatible with the integrated system in the following
respects:

(a) the computerised data base;

(b) the parcel and animal

identification systems;

(a) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

(c) administrative checks.

‘2. The area aid application 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, or fixed in accordance with, Regula-
tion (EC) No 1251/1999.

In all cases, the date shall be set bearing in mind,
inter alia, the period required for all relevant data to
be available for the proper administrative and finan-
cial management of
the checks
provided for in Article 8 to be carried out.

the aid and for

Notwithstanding Article 5(1) of Council Regulation
(EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of 3 June 1971 deter-
mining the rules applicable to periods, dates and
time limits (*), where the submission date is a public
holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday, it shall be deemed
to fall on the first working day following.

(*) OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1.’;

(b) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:

‘3. A Member State may decide that an area aid
application need contain only changes with respect
to the area aid application submitted the previous
year. Member States shall simplify the application
process by distributing pre-printed forms based on
the areas determined in the previous year and
supplying graphic material, as referred to in Article
4,

indicating the location of those areas.’;

(c) paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:

‘4. 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, or fixed in accordance with,
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.’;

the

subparagraph,
applied

In order to be “compatible” within the meaning of the
control
first
systems
schemes
concerned have to be set up so as to allow, without
any problems or conflicts, a common functioning of, or
the exchange of data between the systems.

administration and
aid

the Community

to

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
12a(2), the Commission shall adopt amendments to the
Annex as may become necessary taking into account
the criteria set out in the first and second subparagraph.

2. Without prejudice to the provisions in paragraph 1,
the Member States may,
for the purposes of applying
Community aid schemes not referred to in Article 1,
incorporate in their administration and control proce-
dure one or more components of the integrated system.

specific provisions

3. The
the
schemes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, in particular
those concerning the terms on which aid may be
granted, shall not be affected by this Regulation.

down under

laid

4. Member States may extend the possibility provided
for in paragraph 2 to national schemes.

They may use the information from the integrated
system for statistical purposes.

5. Member States shall inform the Commission if they
avail themselves of the possibilities referred to in para-
graphs 2 and 4.

The Commission shall ensure that
recourse to these
possibilities does not prejudice compliance with the
sectoral Regulations or this Regulation.’;

6. Article 10 shall be deleted;

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7.

in Article 11:

(a) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘1. The Commission
regularly
informed of the application of the integrated system.

shall

kept

be

It shall organise exchanges of views on this subject
with the Member States.’;

(b) the first indent of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by

the following:

‘— any examination or control relating to the body
of measures taken in order to establish and to
implement the integrated system’;

8.

in Article 12:

(a) the first sentence shall be replaced by the following:

‘The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the
application of this Regulation in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 12a(2).’;

(b) point (a) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(a) the basic features of the identification system for

agricultural parcels’;

9. the following Article shall be inserted:

‘Article 12a

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Fund
Committee established by Article 11 of Regulation (EC)
No 1258/1999 (*)
“the
Committee”).

referred to as

(hereinafter

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles
4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC (**) shall apply.

The period provided for
1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

in Article 4(3) of Decision

3. The Committee may examine any matter raised by
its Chairman, either on his own initiative or at
the
request of a Member State.

(*) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(**) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.’

10.

in Article 13(1),

the following points shall be added:

‘(c) at the latest as from 1 January 2005 as regards the
identification system

geographical part of the parcel
as provided for in Article 4;

(d) at the latest as from 1 January 2003 as regards the
compatibility of
administration and control
systems with the integrated system as provided for
in Article 9a.;’.

the

11. the Annex attached to this Regulation shall be added.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

The Commission shall, where appropriate, adopt provisions
under the procedure laid down in Article 12a(2) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3508/92 to facilitate the transition from the
provisions of
that Regulation to those laid down by this
Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. GLAVANY

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Sector

Legal base

Notes

Flax

Hemp

Dried grapes

Tobacco

Hops

Agri-environment

Forestry

Article 4
Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70

Area-related aid

Article 4
Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70

Area-related aid

Article 7(1)
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96

Area-related aid

Article 3
Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92

Production aid

Article 12
Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71
Regulation (EC) No 1098/98

Area-related aid

Payments for temporary resting and
grubbing-up

Title II, chapter VI (Articles 22-24) and
Article 55(3)
Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999

Area-related aid

Article 31 and Article 55(3)
Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999

Area-related aid

Less-favoured areas and areas with
environmental restrictions

Title II, chapter V (Articles 13-21) and
Article 55(3)
Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999

Area-related aid

Olive oil

Cotton

Dried fodder

Citrus for processing

Tomatoes for processing

Wine

Article 5(1)
Regulation No 136/66/EEC

Article 8
Regulation (EC) No 1554/95

Articles 10 and 11
Regulation (EC) No 603/95

Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2202/96

Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96

Production aid

Production aid

Production aid

Production aid

Production aid

Articles 11-15
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

Restructuring aid’