Council Regulation (EC) No 1450/2001 of 28 June 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products as regards the structural measures
Date: 2001-06-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Canary Islands, Structural Funds, agricultural product, agro-industry, aid to agriculture, regional aid

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1450/2001

of 28 June 2001

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with
regard to certain agricultural products as regards the structural measures

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

some structural aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 37 and 299(2) thereof,

(5)

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee (3),

the Economic and Social

Having regard to the opinion of Committee of the Regions

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

for

and

amending

rural development

Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May
1999 on support
from the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF)
certain
Regulations (4) lays down rural development measures
that may be granted Community support and sets out
for obtaining such support. That
the
Regulation acknowledges
the
outermost regions, adjustments and derogations may be
envisaged to meet the specific needs of those regions.

in the case of

conditions

repealing

that,

and

Article 299(2) of the Treaty recognises, moreover, the
constraints
regions, which
include the Canary Islands.

affecting the outermost

Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (5) seeks to remedy the
handicaps due to the remote and insular nature of these
regions.

structures of

The
certain agricultural holdings or
processing and marketing enterprises located in these
islands 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

(1) OJ C 96 E, 27.2.2001, p. 276.
(2) Opinion delivered on 14 June 2001 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ C 139, 11.5.2001, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(5) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2).

The Community financial contribution for three of the
accompanying measures referred to in Article 35(1) of
in the
Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 may amount
outermost regions to up to 85 % of the total eligible
cost. On the other hand, in accordance with the third
indent of the second subparagraph of Article 47(2) of
the Community
Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999,
financial contribution for agri-environmental measures,
which constitutes the fourth accompanying measure,
shall be limited to 75 % for all areas covered by
In view of the importance attributed to
Objective 1.
rural
agri-environment within
the
the Community financial
the rate of
development,
contribution
all
for
be
should
accompanying measures in the outermost regions.

harmonised

context

of

(6)

Pursuant to Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general
provisions on the Structural Funds (6),
each plan,
Community support framework, operational programme
and single programming document shall cover a period
of seven years, and the programming period shall begin
on 1 January 2000. In the interests of cohesiveness and
to avoid discrimination between beneficiaries of
the
same programme, the derogations provided for in this
Regulation must, exceptionally, be applicable to the
whole programming period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 is hereby amended as follows:

The following Article 27 shall be inserted in Section 1 of Title
V:

(cid:145)Article 27

1.
Notwithstanding Article 7 of Regulation (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 investments intended in particular to
encourage diversification, restructuring or a shift towards
sustainable agriculture on agricultural holdings of small

(6) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as

amended by

Regulation (EC) No 1447/2001 (see p. 1 of this Official Journal).

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to

be

size

economic
programme
referred to in Article 18(3) of Council
complement
Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying
down general provisions on the Structural Funds (**).

in the

defined

the total value of

Notwithstanding Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No
2.
1257/1999,
the aid, expressed as a
percentage of the volume of eligible investments, shall not
exceed 65 % for investments in enterprises engaged in
processing and marketing agricultural products consisting
mainly of local produce in sectors to be defined in the
programme complement referred to in Article 18(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The total value of the aid
for small and medium-sized enterprises, under the same
conditions, shall not exceed 75 %.

Notwithstanding the third indent of

3.
the second
subparagraph of Article 47(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999,
the
agri-environmental measures provided for in Articles 22 to
24 of that Regulation shall be 85 %.

contribution

Community

the

to

A summary description of

4.
the measures planned
under this Article shall be included in the operational
programmes for these regions referred to in Article 18 of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.

(*) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(**) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1447/2001 (OJ L 198, 21.7.2001,
p. 1).(cid:146)

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall apply as from 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 28 June 2001.

For the Council

The President

B. ROSENGREN