Commission Regulation (EC) No 1045/2001 of 30 May 2001 deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the 2001/02 marketing year and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops
Date: 2001-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, aid to agriculture, atmospheric conditions, derogation from EU law, foot-and-mouth disease, utilised agricultural area

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1045/2001

of 30 May 2001

deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the 2001/02 marketing
year and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers
of certain arable crops

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 amended by Regulation (EC) No
1038/2001 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 lays
down that, to qualify for area payments for cereals,
protein crops and linseed under the support system for
certain arable crops, producers must have sown the seed
at the latest by 31 May preceding the relevant harvest.

Because of particularly severe weather conditions this
year, the final dates for sowing seeds fixed in several
Member States cannot be complied with in all cases.
Consequently, the final date for sowing arable crops for
the 2001/02 marketing year should, where necessary, be
deferred for certain specific regions. In order to do so, a
derogation from Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 should
be laid down as permitted by the eleventh indent of
Article 9 of that Regulation.

the health measures

In view of
taken to combat
foot-and-mouth disease in the Community, some produ-
cers have been obliged to allow grazing on arable land
while not qualifying for aid for meat production for
those areas. Provision should be made for a derogation
from the flowering requirement
for those areas laid
down in Article 3(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC)

No 2316/1999 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 556/2001 (4).

(4)

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 final dates for sowing for the 2001/02 marketing year are
fixed in the Annex for the crops, Member States and regions
indicated.

Article 2

The Member States may derogate, for area payments for the
2001/02 marketing year, from the requirement under Article
3(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 that crops be main-
tained until the beginning of flowering or until 30 June in duly
justified cases for animal health protection reasons following
outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.

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 to area payments for the 2001/02 marketing
year.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 16.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) See page 16 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 13.

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ANNEX

FINAL DATES FOR SOWING FOR THE 2001/02 MARKETING YEAR

Crop

Member State

Region

Final date

Maize, sunflower, linseed, fibre flax and
hemp

Portugal

The entire country

15 June 2001

All crops

All crops

All crops

All crops

All crops

France

The entire country

15 June 2001

United Kingdom

The entire country

15 June 2001

Netherlands

The entire country

15 June 2001

Belgium

The entire country

15 June 2001

Luxembourg

The entire country

15 June 2001

Maize, soya, sunflower

All crops

Greece

Italy

Macedonia, Thrace

15 June 2001

Emilia-Romagna

15 June 2001

Liguria

Piedmont

Valle-d'Aosta

Lombardy

Veneto

Trentino-Alto Adige

Friuli-Venezia-Giulia

Maize, soya, sunflower

Germany

Baden-Württemberg:

15 June 2001

All crops

Germany

— Ortenaukreis
— Landkreis Emmendingen
— Landkreis Lörrach
— Bodenseekreis

Rheinland-Pfalz

Niedersachsen:

— Landkreis Diepholz

15 June 2001