Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products as regards the structural measures (COM(2000) 774 final — 2000/0308(CNS)) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, Madeira, Structural Funds, agro-industry, aid to agriculture, development aid

27.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 96 E/275

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 concerning specific
measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products as regards the
structural measures

(2001/C 96 E/21)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2000) 774 final (cid:151) 2000/0308(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 1 December 2000)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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,

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 is hereby amended as follows:

The following Article 32 is added to Section 1 of Title IV:

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

(cid:145)Article 32

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on
support for rural development from the European Agri-
cultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (1)
lays
down rural development measures that may be granted
Community support and sets out
for
that Regulation
obtaining such support. Recital 53 of
acknowledges that adjustments and derogations may be
needed to meet the specific needs of these regions.

the conditions

(2) Article 299(2) of

the
constraints affecting the outermost regions, which include
the Azores and Madeira.

the Treaty recognises, moreover,

(3) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (2) seeks to remedy
the handicaps due to the remote and insular nature of
these regions.

(4) The structures of certain agricultural holdings or processing
and marketing enterprises located in these regions show
serious shortcomings and are beset with specific difficulties.
Provision should accordingly be made for derogations for
certain types of investments from the provisions limiting or
preventing the grant of some structural aid provided for in
Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.

forestry support

(5) Article 29(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 restricts the
to forests and wooded areas
grant of
and
belonging to private owners and municipalities
associations thereof. The great majority of
forests and
wooded areas located in these regions belong to public
authorities other than municipalities. Under the circum-
stances, the conditions laid down in Article 29 of that
Regulation should be made more flexible,

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(2) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 1. Last amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1257/1999 (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80).

7 of Regulation

Notwithstanding Article

1.
(EC)
No 1257/1999, the total value of the aid, expressed as a
percentage of the volume of eligible investments, shall not
exceed 75 % for
to
encourage diversification, restructuring or a shift towards
sustainable agriculture on agricultural holdings of very
small economic size to be defined in the programme
complement referred to in Article 18(3) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1260/1999 (1).

investments intended in particular

Notwithstanding Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC)
2.
No 1257/1999, the total value of the aid, expressed as a
percentage of the volume of eligible investments, shall not
exceed 65 % for investments in small and medium-sized
enterprises engaged in processing and marketing agri-
local produce in
cultural products consisting mainly of
to be defined in the programme complement
sectors
referred
(EC)
No 1260/1999.

of Regulation

in Article

18(3)

to

The restriction laid down in Article 29(3) of Regu-
3.
lation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall not apply to forests or
wooded areas located in the Azores and Madeira.

4.
The measures covered by this Article shall be summed
those regions
up in the operational programmes
provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.
___________
(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.(cid:146)

for

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following 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.