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Commission Regulation (EC) No 733/2001 of 11 April 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 180/2001 derogating from 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: 2001-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: atmospheric conditions, cereals, harvest, leguminous vegetable, oleaginous plant, set-aside

L 102/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12.4.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 733/2001

of 11 April 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 180/2001 derogating from 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,

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,

(4)

(5)

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 556/2001 (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, Commission
Regulation (EC) No 180/2001 (5) derogating from Regu-
lation (EC) No 2316/1999, as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 546/2001 (6), authorises producers to harvest
certain crops no later 31 March 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 persistent rain in some Community
In view of
this derogation until 31 March should be
regions,
extended until 30 April
to all crops which should
normally by harvested before the beginning of January.

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

The second indent of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 180/
2001 is replaced by:

‘— harvesting, where done, was done no later than 30

April 2001,’.

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, 11 April 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 82, 22.3.2001, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 27, 30.1.2001, p. 15.
(6) OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 22.