Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2001 of 29 January 2001 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 with regard to set-aside as a result of the adverse weather conditions in some Community regions
Date: 2001-01-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: atmospheric conditions, cereals, harvest, leguminous vegetable, oleaginous plant, set-aside

30.1.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 27/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 180/2001

of 29 January 2001

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 with regard to set-aside as a result of the adverse weather
conditions in some Community regions

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

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)

(2)

(3)

Eligibility for the area aid under the general scheme
referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/
1999 is subject to an obligation to set land aside.

The detailed rules of application fixed by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2860/2000 (4), stipulate that
the
set-aside period must begin no later than 15 January and
that no agricultural production is authorised on the land
set aside.

As a result of adverse weather conditions the producers
in various regions of some Member States cannot
harvest their crops, especially of potatoes, sugar beet,
fodder beet, carrots and parsnips, before 15 January
2001, on lands to be set aside in the 2001/02 marketing
year. Under the circumstances, and as an exceptional
measure, where growers so request
they should be
authorised to harvest
their crops no later than 28
February 2001 without this affecting recognition of the
lands in question as properly set aside, provided that

they prove that the applicable conditions have been
complied with.

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

Where a producer, upon application to the competent
authority of the Member State concerned, can prove that:

— harvesting could not take place before 15 January 2001 as

a result of adverse weather conditions,

— harvesting, where done, was done no later

than 28
February 2001, or no later than 31 March 2001 in the case
of potatoes and beet,

— all the other conditions applying to set-aside land have

been complied with,

the lands in question shall be considered, notwithstanding
Article 19(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999, as
properly set aside for the 2001/02 marketing year.

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 15 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 January 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

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 332, 28.12.2000, p. 63.