Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2003 of 27 August 2003 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 and from Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 as regards advance payments in the beef and veal sector and payments in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector
Date: 2003-08-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, aid to agriculture, beef, derogation from EU law, goatmeat, sheepmeat

28.8.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 216/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1503/2003

of 27 August 2003

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 and from Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001
as regards advance payments in the beef and veal sector and payments in the sheepmeat and goat-
meat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/
2003 (2), and in particular Articles 4(8) and 6(7) thereof,

(5)

(6)

Under these circumstances it is necessary to derogate
from Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 and Regulation
(EC) No 2529/2001.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Beef and Veal and the Management
Committee for Sheep and Goats,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19
December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in
sheepmeat and goatmeat (3), and in particular Article 26
thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 41 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2342/
1999 of 28 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/
1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 173/2003 (5), lays down
certain rules relating to the payment of advances.

regards premium schemes (4), as

Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 lays down
certain rules relating to the payments of the ewe and
goat premiums.

Due to exceptionally unfavourable weather conditions
characterised by an intense and prolonged drought and
fires,
aggravated in some cases by disastrous forest
producers in some Member States do not have enough
fodder to feed the livestock on their farms. In order to
allow these producers to meet the additional financial
burdens resulting in particular from the need to buy
additional fodder, the Member States concerned should
be authorised to make advance payments for the beef
special premium and the suckler cow premium as well
as payments for the ewe and goat premiums before 16
October 2003.

(4)

These payments should be made to producers whose
holding is recognised by the Member States concerned
as being abnormally affected by the drought.

For the applications concerning the calendar year 2003,
from 1

1.
the Member States referred to in the Annex shall
September 2003 until 15 October 2003 at the latest:

(a) by way of derogation from the fourth subparagraph of
Article 41(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999, grant
advance payments for the beef special premium and/or the
suckler cow premium; and/or

(b) by way of derogation from the second subparagraph of
Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001, grant
payments for the total or partial amount of the annual ewe
and goat premiums.

The payments referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made

2.
within the financial limits set out in the Annex.

The Member States concerned shall determine on the

3.
basis of objective criteria:

— the producers that they consider to be abnormally affected

by the drought and/or the forest fires, and

— the allocation of the amounts of the payments to these

producers.

The Member States concerned shall communicate to the
4.
Commission, by 31 October 2003 at the latest, the objective
criteria referred to in paragraph 3 as well as the number of
animals eligible for the payments.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 211, 21.8.2003, p. 12.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 27 August 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

EUR million

87

225

63

1,4

25

Germany

France

Italy

Luxembourg

Portugal