Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organisation of the market in seeds and fixing the aid granted in the seeds sector for the 2002/03 and 2003/04 marketing years
Date: 2001-05-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, common agricultural policy, common organisation of markets, marketing, seed

31.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 213 E/249

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organi-
sation of the market in seeds and fixing the aid granted in the seeds sector for the 2002/03 and
2003/04 marketing years

(2001/C 213 E/11)

COM(2001) 244 final (cid:151) 2001/0099(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 4 May 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Whereas:

(1) Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of
26 October 1971 on the common organisation of
the
market in seeds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2371/2000 (2), provides that the amount of aid must
be fixed taking into account the need to ensure a balance
between the volume of production required in the
Community and the amount that can be marketed. Since
the 1994/95 harvest, the production and export of seeds
in the
has
Community have reached a level
the
balance of the market in seeds.

increased constantly and stocks of

likely to affect

seeds

(2) It

is

therefore justified to introduce a mechanism to
stabilise the production of seeds other than rice seeds, for
which such a mechanism is already in place. The stabiliser
mechanism must set a maximum quantity eligible for aid in
the Community determined on the basis of the average
quantity harvested during a reference period to be estab-
lished.

for

(3) The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 refers to the
varieties of Lolium perenne L. of high persistence,
late or
medium late, new and other varieties and varieties of
low persistence, medium late, medium early or early.
those varieties on the external
Since the prices
the Annex
justify that distinction,
markets no longer
the
for
transitional
a
maintains
2000/01 and 2001/02 marketing years for the purposes
of
in the
of
Community and a variation of the said aid. The distinction
between three different groups of varieties of Lolium perenne
L. should therefore be abolished and a single rate of aid
fixed.

arrangement

applicable

amounts

fixing

the

aid

as

it

seeds listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71
which will be marketed in the 2002/03 and 2003/04
marketing years. Production aid should be granted for
those seeds.

(5) Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that
when the aid is fixed, account should be taken, on the one
hand, of the need to ensure balance between production in
the Community and the outlets for such production and,
on the other hand, of the prices for such products on the
external markets.

(6) The application of these criteria results in fixing the aid
applicable for the 2002/03 and 2003/04 marketing years
at the levels set out in the Annex,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 3(4a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 is replaced by
the following:

(cid:145)4a.
The maximum quantity of seed on which the aid
is payable in the Community shall be fixed in accordance
with the procedure referred to in paragraph 5. That
quantity shall be apportioned among the producer
Member States.

Except in the case of rice seed, the maximum quantity
shall be determined on the basis of the average quantity
harvested during a reference period to be established.(cid:146)

Article 2

For the 2002/03 and 2003/04 marketing years, the aid granted
in the seeds sector as provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2358/71 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2002.

(4) Given the situation on and the outlook for the Community
market, producers are not assured of a fair return from

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

(1) OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 275, 23.10.2000, p. 1.

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31.7.2001

ANNEX

2002/02 AND 2003/04 MARKETING YEARS

Aid applicable in the Community

CN code

Description

1001 90 10
1006 10 10

ex 1204 00 10
ex 1204 00 10
ex 1207 99 10

ex 1209 29 10
ex 1209 29 10
ex 1209 29 10
ex 1209 29 10
ex 1209 29 80
ex 1209 29 10
ex 1209 23 80
ex 1209 23 80
1209 23 11
1209 23 15
ex 1209 29 80
1209 25 10
1209 25 90
ex 1209 29 80
ex 1209 29 80
1209 26 00
ex 1209 29 80
1209 24 00
ex 1209 29 10

ex 1209 29 80
ex 1209 29 80
ex 1209 21 00
ex 1209 21 00
ex 1209 29 80
ex 0713 10 10
ex 1209 22 80
ex 1209 22 80
ex 1209 22 80
1209 22 10
ex 1209 22 80
ex 1209 22 80
ex 1209 22 80
ex 0713 50 10
ex 1209 29 10
ex 1209 29 10

1. CERES
Triticum spelta L
Oryza sativa L.
(cid:151) Long-grain varieties the grains of which are of a length
exceeding 6,0 millimetres and of a length/width ratio
of greater than or equal to 3

(cid:151) Other varieties the grains of which are of a length
exceeding, not exceeding or equal to 6,0 millimetres
and of a length/width ratio of less than 3

2. OLEAGINEAE
Linum usitatissimum L. (fibre flax)
Linum usitatissimum L. (linseed)
sativa L.
Cannabis
exceeding 0,2 %)

(varieties with a THC content not

3. GRAMINEAE
Agrostis canina L.
Agrostis gigantea Roth.
Agrostis stolonifera L.
Agrostis capillaris L.
Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. S. and K. B. Presl.
Dactylis glomerata L.
Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
Festuca ovina L.
Festuca pratensis Huds.
Festuca rubra L.
Festulolium
Lolium multiflorum Lam.
Lolium perenne L.
Lolium x boucheanum Kunth
Phleum Bertolinii (DC)
Phleum pratense L.
Poa nemoralis L.
Poa pratensis L.
Poa palustris and Poa trivialis L.

4. LEGUMINOSAE
Hedysarum coronarium L.
Medicago lupulina L.
Medicago sativa L. (ecotypes)
Medicago sativa L. (varieties)
Onobrichis viciifolia Scop.
Pisum sativum L. (partim) (field peas)
Trifolium alexandrinum L.
Trifolium hybridum L.
Trifolium incarnatum L.
Trifolium pratense L.
Trifolium repens L.
Trifolium repens L. var. Giganteum
Trifolium resupinatum L.
Vicia faba L. (partim) (field beans)
Vicia sativa L.
Vicia villosa Roth.

(EUR/100 kg)

Amount of the aid

2002/03

2003/04

14,37

14,37

17,27

17,27

14,85

14,85

28,38
22,46

20,53

75,95
75,95
75,95
75,95
67,14
52,77
58,93
43,59
43,59
36,83
32,36
21,13
30,99
21,13
50,96
83,56
38,88
38,52
38,88

36,47
31,88
22,10
36,59
20,04
0
45,76
45,89
45,76
53,49
75,11
70,76
45,76
0
30,67
24,03

28,38
22,46

20,53

75,95
75,95
75,95
75,95
67,14
52,77
58,93
43,59
43,59
36,83
32,36
21,13
30,99
21,13
50,96
83,56
38,88
38,52
38,88

36,47
31,88
22,10
36,59
20,04
0
45,76
45,89
45,76
53,49
75,11
70,76
45,76
0
30,67
24,03