Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/2002 of 23 August 2002 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 as regards set-aside in certain Community regions
Date: 2002-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, fodder, marketing year, regional aid, set-aside

24.8.2002

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/2002

of 23 August 2002

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 as regards set-aside in certain Community regions

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

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
1038/2002 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 327/2002 (4), lays down
detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 as regards the conditions for granting area
payments and in particular for set-aside.

Article 19(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999
provides 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 that they may not be used,
save as otherwise provided, for agricultural production
or any lucrative purpose. Floods in certain Community
regions have affected sheltering and supplies of fodder
and have made producers vulnerable to heavy losses of
income by compelling them to sell their livestock if the
normal feed cannot be provided. Temporary alternatives
should therefore be offered by authorising the use of
land set aside under the arable-crop scheme in duly justi-
fied cases having regard to objective criteria and on
condition that at least 33 % of the forage area of the
holding in question has been flooded, provision nonethe-

less being made for measures to ensure that the land is
not used for any lucrative purpose.

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 2002/03 marketing year, notwithstanding Article
19(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999, land declared
as set aside in the departments listed in the Annex hereto may
be used for sheltering and feeding livestock in duly justified
cases having regard to objective criteria and on condition that
at least 33 % of the forage area of the holdings in question has
been flooded.

2.
The national authorities shall take all measures necessary
to ensure that the land set aside is not used for any lucrative
purpose and shall
in particular make sure that the products
harvested on the land in question are excluded from the aid
scheme for dried fodder provided for in Council Regulation
(EC) No 603/95 (5).

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 9 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. 1.
(2) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 51, 22.2.2002, p. 14.

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

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DEUTSCHLAND

Niedersachsen (gesamtes Gebiet)

ANNEX

Sachsen-Anhalt (Landkreise: Stendal, Salzwedel, Ohrekreis, Bördekreis, Halberstadt, Wernigerode, Quedlinburg, Witten-
berg, Jerichower Land, Anhalt-Zerbst, Köthen, Bitterfeld, Bernburg)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Landkreise: Ludwigslust, Parchim, Nordwest Mecklenburg, Güstrow, Demmin, Mecklenburg-
Strelitz)

Schleswig-Holstein (gesamtes Gebiet)

Brandenburg (gesamtes Gebiet)

Sachsen (gesamtes Gebiet)

Bayern (Regierungsbezirke: Oberbayern, Schwaben, Niederbayern; Landkreise: Regensburg, Cham, Schwandorf)

UNITED KINGDOM

Scotland

Northern Ireland

England:

— Counties: Avon, Durham, Humberside, North Yorkshire, Somerset, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire

IRELAND

ÖSTERREICH

Niederösterreich (gesamtes Bundesland)

Oberösterreich (gesamtes Bundesland)

Salzburg (Politische Bezirke: Flachgau, Hallein)