Commission Regulation (EC) No 288/2001 of 12 February 2001 determining the loss of income and the premiums applicable per ewe and per female goat in the Member States and the payment of the specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community for the 2000 marketing year
Date: 2001-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, aid to agriculture, goat, less-favoured agricultural area, livestock farming, sheep

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 288/2001

of 12 February 2001

determining the loss of income and the premiums applicable per ewe and per female goat in the
Member States and the payment of the specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-
favoured areas of the Community for the 2000 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 of 3
November 1998 on the common organisation of the market in
sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as amended by Regulation (EC)
1669/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15
June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands
with regard to certain agricultural products (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (4), and in particular Article
13 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 5(1) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98
provides for the grant of a premium to compensate for
any loss of income sustained by producers of sheepmeat
in certain areas, of goatmeat. Those areas are
and,
defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 and
in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2738/
1999 of 21 December 1999 determining the mountain
areas in which the premium for goatmeat producers is
granted (5).

Pursuant to Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98,
the Member States were authorised by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1289/2000 (6)
to pay an initial
advance of the premium and of the specific aid and by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2301/2000 (7) to pay a
second advance of the premium to sheepmeat and goat-
meat producers. The definitive premiums to be paid in
respect of the 2000 marketing year must thus be fixed.

Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98,
the amount of the premium per ewe for producers of
heavy lambs is obtained by multiplying the loss of
income referred to in the second subparagraph of para-
graph 1 of that Article by a coefficient expressing the
annual average production of heavy lamb meat per ewe
producing these lambs expressed per 100 kg of carcass
weight. Article 5(3) of that Regulation fixes the coeffi-
cient for producers of light lambs at 80 % of the coeffi-
cient for producers of heavy lambs. Article 5(5) of that

(1) OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(5) OJ L 328, 22.12.1999, p. 59.
(6) OJ L 145, 20.6.2000, p. 21.
(7) OJ L 263, 18.10.2000, p. 6.

(4)

(5)

(6)

Regulation also fixes the amount per female for produ-
cers of the caprine species at 80 % of the premium per
ewe for producers of heavy lambs.

Pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98,
the premium must be reduced by the impact on the
basic price of the coefficient provided for in paragraph 2
of that Article. That coefficient is fixed by Article 13(4)
at 7 %.

Under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 193/98 (9), the Council
instituted specific aid for sheep and goat farming in
certain less-favoured areas of the Community. It lays
down that the aid is to be granted under the same
conditions as those for the grant of the premium for
producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat.

Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 provides for the applica-
tion of specific measures relating to agricultural produc-
tion in the Canary Islands. Those measures entail the
grant of a supplement
to the premium payable to
producers of light lambs and she-goats on the same
conditions as those governing the grant of the premium
referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98.
Those conditions provide for Spain to be authorised to
pay the supplement to the premium.

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

It is hereby noted that the difference between the basic price
less the impact of the coefficient provided for in Article 13(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 and the Community market
price during the 2000 marketing year was EUR 111,531 per
100 kg.

Article 2

The coefficient provided for in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2467/98 is hereby fixed at 15,67 kg.

(8) OJ L 132, 23.5.1990, p. 17.
(9) OJ L 20, 27.1.1998, p. 18.

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Article 3

The premium payable in respect of the 2000 marketing year shall be as follows:

— per ewe in case of producers of heavy lambs:
— per ewe in case of producers of light lambs:
— per she-goat in the areas designated in Annex I to Regulation (EC)

No 2467/98 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2738/1999:

EUR 17,477
EUR 13,982

EUR 13,982

Article 4

Pursuant to Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 the Member States are authorised to pay a specific
aid to producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat in less-favoured areas within the meaning of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 (1). This aid or, should it be the case, the balance of this aid if advances have
been made in case of application of Regulation (EC) No 1289/2000, shall be paid before 15 October 2001.

Pursuant to Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the supplement to the premium for the 2000
marketing year, to be granted to producers of light lambs and goatmeat located in the Canary Islands, shall
be EUR 4,159 per ewe and/or she-goat.

Article 5

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

Article 6

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

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 4.12.1990, p. 7.