Commission Regulation (EC) No 1796/2000 of 22 August 2000 derogating, with regard to set-aside in Sweden, 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: 2000-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, aid per hectare, animal nutrition, set-aside, utilised agricultural area

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1796/2000

of 22 August 2000

derogating, with regard to set-aside in Sweden, 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1672/2000 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1454/2000 (4),
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 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 agri-
cultural production or for any lucrative purpose.

(2) Weather conditions over the past 12 months have been
characterised by drought in certain regions of the Union,
during autumn and winter in particular, and by excessive
rainfall in other regions of the Union, during spring and
summer in particular. This situation has already led the
Commission to lay down a number of derogations in
favour of Spain, Germany and Austria in Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1332/2000 (5), as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1595/2000 (6).

(3)

In Sweden, too, excessive rainfall has flooded pasture-
land which can no longer be used to feed livestock. It is
therefore desirable to find additional local feed alterna-

(4)

(5)

tives for the month of August to feed livestock until the
autumn.

The situation described above justifies derogations from
Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 by authorising the use of
set-aside land for arable crops to feed livestock before
the end of the set-aside period (on 31 August at the
earliest), while providing for measures to ensure that use
of the land concerned is not lucrative.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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 the regions of Sweden laid down in the
Annex hereto may be used for producing animal feed.

2.
Sweden shall take all necessary measures to ensure that
the set-aside land is not used for lucrative purposes and, in
areas
particular,
concerned are excluded from the aid scheme for dried fodder
laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 (7).

the products harvested from the

that

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 10 August 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 August 2000.

For the Commission

Philippe BUSQUIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 28.
(5) OJ L 151, 24.6.2000, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 182, 21.7.2000, p. 10.

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

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ANNEX

SWEDEN

Örebro län

Gävleborg län

Dalarnas län

Uppsala län

Värmlands län

Västernorrlands län

Västmanlands län