Commission Regulation (EC) No 1519/2002 of 23 August 2002 derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops, as regards the area payments for certain arable crops and the payments for set-aside for the 2002/2003 marketing year to producers in certain regions of Italy
Date: 2002-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, aid per hectare, aid to agriculture, cereals, durum wheat, marketing, oleaginous plant, production aid, set-aside

24.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 228/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1519/2002

of 23 August 2002

derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for produ-
cers of certain arable crops, as regards the area payments for certain arable crops and the payments
for set-aside for the 2002/2003 marketing year to producers in certain regions of Italy

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the second paragraph of
Under the third indent of
Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
the
Commission may allow Member States, subject to the
budgetary situation, to authorise, by way of derogation
from Article 8(1), payments prior to 16 November (the
normal payment date) in certain regions of up to 50 %
of the area payments and the payment for set-aside in
years in which exceptional climatic conditions have so
reduced yields that producers face severe financial diffi-
culties.

The production of arable crops in the Italian regions of
the ‘Mezzogiorno’ and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia
has been affected by exceptionally dry weather condi-
tions during and after the flowering period. This excep-
tional situation has resulted in an exceptionally low
average yield.

Some producers are in severe financial difficulties as a
result.

This being the case in Italy, and in view of the budgetary
situation, that country should be authorised to make,
before 16 November 2002, advance payments of area
aid for cereals and advance payments of set-aside aid for
the 2002/2003 marketing year.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
By way of derogation from Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999, an advance payment in respect of the 2002/
the area
2003 marketing year amounting up to 50 % of
payments for cereals,
for durum
wheat, and up to 50 % of the payments for set-aside may be
made with effect from 26 August 2002 to Italian producers in
the regions Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicilia
and Sardegna.

including the supplement

2.
The advance payment provided for in paragraph 1 may
be paid only if, on the day of payment, the producer in ques-
tion is found to be eligible for it.

Italy shall make the advance payment to producers no

3.
later than 15 October 2002.

4. When calculating the final area payment to the producers
who receive the advance, the competent authority shall take
account of:

(a) any reduction in the producer’s eligible area;

(b) any advance paid under this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 26 August 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 August 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 16.