Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/2003 of 21 February 2003 amending 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: 2003-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Portugal, aid per hectare, aid to agriculture, flax, hemp, set-aside

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 335/2003

of 21 February 2003

amending 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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 327/2002 (4), lays down
detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1251/
1999 with respect to the conditions for granting area
payments for certain arable crops and lays down the
conditions for set aside.

crops

Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 of 26 April
1994 concerning the conversion of land currently under
arable
in
Portugal (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2582/2001 (6), applications have been submitted for
conversion of an area equivalent to 29 575 hectares.
The base area should therefore be adjusted accordingly.

extensive

livestock

farming

to

taken into account when drawing up the list of hemp
varieties qualifying for area payments in the coming
marketing years and the list of varieties temporarily
accepted for 2003/04, which will require further testing
during that marketing year.

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Annex VI, the details given under the headings ‘Belgium’
and ‘Portugal’ are replaced by the details given in Annex I
hereto;

2. Annex XII is replaced by Annex II hereto.

In response to applications by Belgium, new base areas
should be fixed in accordance with the regionalisation
plan of the Member State concerned.

The Member States have notified the results of the tests
to determine the tetrahydrocannabinol
levels in the
hemp varieties sown in 2002. Those results should be

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the 2003/2004 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2003.

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 112, 3.5.1994, p. 2.
(6) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 5.

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX VI

Region

All crops

Of which maize

(1 000 ha)

BELGIUM

Total

of which: Flanders-Brussels

PORTUGAL

Azores

Madeira

— Irrigated

— Other

Mainland

— Irrigated

— Other

489,5

9,7

0,31

0,30

293,4

658,3’

96,4

0,29

221,4

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX XII

(Article 7a(1))

VARIETIES OF FLAX AND HEMP GROWN FOR FIBRE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SUPPORT SYSTEM

1.

Flax grown for fibre

2a. Hemp grown for fibre

Adélie

Agatha

Angelin

Argos

Ariane

Aurore

Belinka

Caesar Augustus

Diane

Diva

Electra

Elise

Escalina

Evelin

Exel

Hermes

Ilona

Laura

Liflax

Liviola

Marina

Marylin

Nike

Opaline

Rosalin

Venus

Veralin

Viking

Viola

Carmagnola

Beniko

Chamaeleon

Cs

Delta-Ilosa

Dioica 88

Epsilon 68

Fedora 17

Felina 32

Felina 34 — Félina 34

Ferimon — Férimon

Fibranova

Fibrimon 24

Futura 75

Juso 14

Red Petiole

Santhica 23

Uso 31

2b. Hemp grown for fibre authorised in the 2003/

2004 marketing year

Delta 405

Bialobrzeskie

Fasamo

Fedora 19

Fédrina 74

Fibrimon 56

Futura

Santhica 27’