Council Regulation (EC) No 2582/2001 of 19 December 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 concerning the conversion of land currently under arable crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal
Date: 2001-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Portugal, agricultural guidance, arable land, livestock, redirection of production

29.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 345/5

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2582/2001

of 19 December 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 concerning the conversion of land currently under arable
crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal

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 (1),

allocated lapse at the end of the additional period of
three years.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 should therefore be
amended,

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

Because of delays in the effective application of the
conversion programme provided for by Regulation (EC)
No 1017/94 (3), a large number of areas that are poten-
tially eligible for
the scheme have not yet been
converted. According to information supplied by the
Member State, only 46 000 hectares have so far been
converted and, at the current rate of conversion under
the scheme, only an estimated total of 64 000 hectares
will be converted by 31 December 2002, the date on
which the scheme terminates, rather than the 200 000
hectares provided for in Article 1 of the Regulation. In
order to permit the objective set for the scheme to be
achieved more fully, Portugal should be authorised to
continue with the conversion scheme for three further
years.

(2)

Since a time limit was placed on the programme, Regu-
lation (EC) No 1017/94 lays down that the specific
reserve and any rights not yet allocated should lapse at
the end of the programme. It should therefore be laid
down that the specific reserve and any rights not yet

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Portugal shall be authorised to carry out, for a period of 11
years, in the regions listed in the Annex to this Regulation, a
programme for the conversion of
land currently under
arable crops to extensive livestock production, up to a
maximum of 200 000 hectares.’

2. Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 7

At the end of the 11 year following the entry into force of
this Regulation, unallocated premium rights shall lapse and
the specific reserve shall be abolished.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2001.

For the Council

The President

A. NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK

(1) Proposal of 8 October 2001 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 11 December 2001 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 112, 3.5.1994, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1461/95 (OJ L 144, 28.6.1995, p. 4).