Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999  establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops
Date: 2001-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, arable land, common organisation of markets, production aid

29.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 154 E/299

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support
system for producers of certain arable crops

(2001/C 154 E/32)

COM(2001) 87 final (cid:151) 2001/0043(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 15 February 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof,

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

1. The first subparagraph of Article 6(3) is replaced by the

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 (1) provides that
producers must set aside a predetermined percentage of
their land to qualify for area payments and the areas set
aside may also be used for non-food purposes.

(2) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on
organic production of agricultural products and indications
referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (2)
lays down special rules for the development of organic
farming and in particular the limited use of fertilisers.

(3) Growing fodder legumes is an agronomic practice that
restores the soil’s fertility in a natural way; the extension
of such crops is therefore important for developing organic
production of agricultural products.

the use of

(4) To encourage the development of organic production
land set aside under the support
methods,
scheme for arable crops in order to grow fodder legumes
on agricultural holdings taking part for the totality of the
production in the scheme provided for in Regulation (EEC)
No 2092/91 should be authorised,

following:

(cid:145)3.

The land set aside may be used for:

(cid:151) producing materials for

the manufacture within the
Community of products not directly intended for
human or animal consumption, provided that effective
controls are applied,

(cid:151) growing legume crops on an agricultural holding, for
the totality of its production,
in compliance with the
obligations laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.(cid:146)

2. The ninth indent of

the first paragraph of Article 9 is

replaced by the following:

(cid:145)(cid:151) those relating to set-aside, and in particular

those
relating to Article 6(3); these conditions shall define
the fodder legumes that may be grown on land set
aside and, with regard to the first indent of the first
subparagraph of
that paragraph, may include the
growing of crops without compensation,(cid:146).

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the 2001/02 marketing year.

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Last amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1672/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 13).

(2) OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1. Last amended by Commission Regulation

(EC) No 2020/2000 (OJ L 241, 26.9.2000, p. 39).