Commission Regulation (EC) No 1756/2001 of 5 September 2001 derogating, with regard to set-aside in Austria, 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: 2001-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, aid per hectare, aid system, fodder plant, production aid, set-aside

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1756/2001

of 5 September 2001

derogating, with regard to set-aside in Austria, 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,

(4)

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
1038/2001 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1157/2001 (4),
lays
down detailed rules for the application of Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999 as regards the conditions governing
area payments for certain arable crops. Article 19(2) and
(3) lays down that areas set aside must so remain for a
period commencing on 15 January at the latest and
ending on 31 August at
the earliest and must not,
except where otherwise provided for, be used for agri-
cultural production or for any lucrative purpose.

(2) Weather conditions in recent months have been charac-
terised by an extreme drought in certain regions of
Austria which has considerably affected the supply of
feed and exposed producers to serious income losses
from having to sell their livestock in situations where
their usual feed cannot be ensured.

(3)

feed
It is therefore desirable to find additional
alternatives for the month of August to feed livestock
until the autumn.

local

The situation described above justifies derogations from
Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 by authorising, in the
regions concerned, the use of set-aside land for arable
crops to feed livestock before the end of the set-aside
period (on 31 August at the earliest), while providing for
measures to ensure that use of the land concerned is not
lucrative.

(5)

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

1.
For the 2001/02 marketing year and notwithstanding
Article 19(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999, land
declared as set-aside in the regions of Austria laid down in the
Annex hereto may be used for producing animal feed.

2.
Austria shall take all necessary measures to ensure that
the set-aside land is not used for lucrative purposes and, in
particular,
areas
concerned are excluded from the aid scheme for dried fodder
laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 (5).

the products harvested from the

that

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 23 August 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 157, 14.6.2001, p. 8.

(5) OJ L 63, 21.3.1995, p. 1.

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ANNEX

AUSTRIA

Kärnten (gesamtes Landesgebiet)

Burgenland (gesamtes Landesgebiet)

Steiermark (gesamtes Landesgebiet)

Niederösterreich (politische Bezirke: Baden, Bruck/Leitha, Mödling, Neunkirchen, Schwechat, Wien-Umgebung, Wiener
Neustadt)