Council Regulation (EC) No 558/2001 of 19 March 2001 extending for a period of up to one year the financing of certain quality and marketing improvement plans approved under Title IIa of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
Date: 2001-03-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: aid to agriculture, common organisation of markets, leguminous vegetable, nut, producer organisation

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 558/2001

of 19 March 2001

extending for a period of up to one year the financing of certain quality and marketing
improvement plans approved under Title IIa of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

ment plan as specified in Article 14(d)(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72 is restricted to a period of 10 years.

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Title IIa of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18
May 1972, on the common organisation of the market
in fruit and vegetables (3), provided for various specific
measures to make good the inadequacy of production
and marketing facilities for certain nuts and locust
beans. Aid is provided to producer organisations which
have received specific recognition and which have
submitted a plan approved by the competent authority
for improving the quality and the marketing of their
produce.

Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 was repealed by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2200/96 (4). However, as specified by
Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, any rights
acquired by producer organisations in application of
Title IIa of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 are to be
maintained until exhausted.

(3)

The specific aid granted towards the drawing up and
implementation of the quality and marketing improve-

(1) Opinion delivered 29 November 2000 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered 15 February 2001 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(3) OJ L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1. Regulation as last amended prior to its
repeal by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (OJ L 132,
16.6.1995, p. 8).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

A number of plans expired in 2000, having completed
the tenth year.

Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides that the Commis-
sion shall send the Council a report on the operation of
that Regulation. This report shall include an assessment
of the results of the specific measures for nuts and locust
beans carried out under Title IIa of Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 and may provide for further support measures.
Until such time, those producer organisations whose
improvement plans expired in 2000, and who continue
to fulfil the recognition criteria, may request continued
financing of their plans within the 2001 budget.

Only aid applications in respect of work carried out
until 15 June 2001 qualify for financing within the
2001 budget.

In order to simplify administrative procedures, aid is
limited to a maximum of those areas for which an aid
application was made in the tenth year of the plan.

The abovementioned period of up to one year is not
sufficient
to complete work of grubbing operations
followed by replanting and/or varietal reconversion. The
maximum aid per hectare therefore should be paid in
respect of other operations as specified in Article 2(1)
third subparagraph and paragraph 2 of Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 790/89 of 20 March 1989 fixing the level
of additional flat-rate aid for the formation of producers'
organisations and the maximum amount applied to aid
for quality and marketing improvement in the nut-and
locust bean-growing sector (5),

(4) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 2826/2000. (OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2).

(5) OJ L 85, 30.3.1989, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1825/97 (OJ L 260, 23.9.1997, p. 9).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Recognised producer organisations engaged in the production
and marketing of nuts and/or locust beans as specified in
Article 14(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 whose quality
and marketing improvement plans were approved in 1990
may request continued financing of their plans for a further
period of up to one year subject to the rules laid down in this
Regulation.

Article 2

The aid shall be paid in regard to, and limited to, those areas
for which an aid application has been submitted in respect of
the tenth year of the plan and is limited to a maximum of
EUR 241,50 per hectare as set in Article 2(1), third subpara-
graph, and paragraph 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 790/89. It shall
apply for a period of up to one year immediately following the

expiry of the tenth year of the plan and up to 15 June 2001 at
the latest.

Requests for extended financing of a plan in accordance with
Article 1 are equivalent to acceptance by the producer organ-
isation to apply its plan as approved for the tenth year for a
further period of up to one year.

Article 3

The implementation rules applicable for the tenth year shall
apply mutatis mutandis for the additional period referred to in
Article 1.

Where necessary, measures shall be adopted in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96.

Article 4

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

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. WINBERG