Council Regulation (EC) No 2323/2003 of 17 December 2003 setting aid rates in the seeds sector for the 2004/05 marketing year
Date: 2003-12-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: derogation from EU law, marketing, production aid, seed

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2323/2003

of 17 December 2003

setting aid rates in the seeds sector for the 2004/05 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the regions,

(2)

(3)

Since the situation on the European Union market and
its probable development are not such as to ensure
producers a fair
income, production aid should be
granted for the marketing year in question.

Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 requires
the aid rates to reflect, on the one hand, the need to
ensure a balance between the volume of production
required in the Community and the amount that can be
marketed and, on the other hand, prices for these
products on third-country markets.

(4)

Application of those criteria gives the aid rates for the
2004/05 marketing year set out in the Annex hereto,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26
October 1971 on the common organisation of
the
market in seeds (3) has been abolished with effect from
the 2005/06 marketing year by Council Regulation (EC)
No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing
common rules for direct support schemes under the
common agricultural policy and establishing certain
support schemes for farmers (4). Accordingly, by way of
derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2358/71, any production aid for seeds should be set
solely for the 2004/05 marketing year.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2358/71, aid rates in the seeds sector
the 2004/05
marketing year shall be as specified in the Annex hereto.

for

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. ALEMANNO

(1) Opinion of 16 December 2003 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) Opinion of 1 December 2003 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(3) OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 154/2002 (OJ L 25, 29.1.2002, p. 18).

(4) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1.

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ANNEX

2004/05 MARKETING YEAR

Aid rates applicable in the Community

CN code

Description

(EUR/100 kg)

Aid rate

1. CERES

1001 90 10

Triticum spelta L

1006 10 10

Oryza sativa L.

— Long-grain varieties the grains of which are of a length exceeding 6,0

millimetres and of a length/width ratio of not less than 3

— Other varieties the grains of which are of a length exceeding, not
exceeding or equal to 6,0 millimetres and of a length/width ratio of less
than 3

2. OLEAGINEAE

ex 1204 00 10

Linum usitatissimum L. (fibre flax)

ex 1204 00 10

Linum usitatissimum L. (linseed)

ex 1207 99 10

Cannabis
exceeding 0,2 %)

sativa L.

3. GRAMINEAE

(varieties with a tetrahydrocannabinol content not

ex 1209 29 10

Agrostis canina L.

ex 1209 29 10

Agrostis gigantea Roth.

ex 1209 29 10

Agrostis stolonifera L.

ex 1209 29 10

Agrostis capillaris L.

ex 1209 29 80

Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J.S. and K.B. Presl.

ex 1209 29 10

Dactylis glomerata L.

ex 1209 23 80

Festuca arundinacea Schreb.

ex 1209 23 80

Festuca ovina L.

1209 23 11

Festuca pratensis Huds.

1209 23 15

Festuca rubra L.

ex 1209 29 80

Festulolium

1209 25 10

Lolium multiflorum Lam.

1209 25 90

Lolium perenne L.

ex 1209 29 80

Lolium x boucheanum Kunth

ex 1209 29 80

Phleum Bertolinii (DC)

1209 26 00

Phleum pratense L.

ex 1209 29 80

Poa nemoralis L.

1209 24 00

Poa pratensis L.

ex 1209 29 10

Poa palustris and Poa trivialis L.

4. LEGUMINOSAE

ex 1209 29 80

Hedysarum coronarium L.

ex 1209 29 80

Medicago lupulina L.

ex 1209 21 00

Medicago sativa L. (ecotypes)

ex 1209 21 00

Medicago sativa L. (varieties)

ex 1209 29 80

Onobrichis viciifolia Scop.

ex 0713 10 10

Pisum sativum L. (partim) (field peas)

ex 1209 22 80

Trifolium alexandrinum L.

14,37

17,27

14,85

28,38

22,46

20,53

75,95

75,95

75,95

75,95

67,14

52,77

58,93

43,59

43,59

36,83

32,36

21,13

30,99

21,13

50,96

83,56

38,88

38,52

38,88

36,47

31,88

22,10

36,59

20,04

0

45,76

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CN code

Description

ex 1209 22 80

Trifolium hybridum L.

ex 1209 22 80

Trifolium incarnatum L.

1209 22 10

Trifolium pratense L.

ex 1209 22 80

Trifolium repens L.

ex 1209 22 80

Trifolium repens L. var. giganteum

ex 1209 22 80

Trifolium resupinatum L.

ex 0713 50 10

Vicia faba L. (partim) (field beans)

ex 1209 29 10

Vicia sativa L.

ex 1209 29 10

Vicia villosa Roth.

(EUR/100 kg)

Aid rate

45,89

45,76

53,49

75,11

70,76

45,76

0

30,67

24,03