Commission Regulation (EC) No 1492/2003 of 25 August 2003 derogating, for the marketing year 2003/04, from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 as regards the use of land set aside in Sweden
Date: 2003-08-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, aid system, derogation from EU law, fodder, production aid, set-aside

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1492/2003

of 25 August 2003

derogating, for the marketing year 2003/04, from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 as regards the use
of land set aside in Sweden

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 of 22
October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 estab-
lishing a support system for producers of certain arable
crops (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1035/
2003 (4), sets the terms on which area payments are
granted for certain arable crops. Under Article 19(2) and
(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 areas set aside
must remain so for a period commencing on 15 January
at the latest and ending on 31 August at the earliest and,
except as otherwise provided for, may not be used for
agricultural production or a lucrative purpose.

Certain regions of Sweden have experienced excessively
heavy rainfall in July 2003; this has seriously affected
fodder supplies and resulted in severe income losses for
livestock farmers because they have been obliged to sell
their stock when its normal feed has been unavailable.

It is therefore advisable to find supplementary fodder
supplies for feeding livestock between now and the
autumn.

(4)

(5)

A derogation from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999
should therefore be introduced whereby the affected
regions may allow arable crop set-aside land to be used
for animal feed purposes before expiry of the set-aside
period, while introducing measures to disallow any
lucrative utilisation of such land.

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.
By way of derogation from Article 19(2) and (3) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2316/1999, the Swedish regions listed in the
Annex to this Regulation may allow land declared as set-aside
to be used for animal feed purposes in the 2003/04 marketing
year.

Sweden shall take all necessary measures to ensure that
2.
the set-aside land indicated in paragraph 1 is not used for lucra-
tive purposes, and in particular that no dried fodder production
aid under Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 (5) is granted on
crops from it.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 August 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 August 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 150, 18.6.2003, p. 24.

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

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