Commission Regulation (EC) No 2307/2003 of 29 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 as regards the areas eligible for the goat premium
Date: 2003-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, agricultural guidance, aid system, aid to agriculture, eligible region, goat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2307/2003

of 29 December 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 as regards the areas eligible for the goat premium

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19
December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in
sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 4(2)
thereof,

(3)

(4)

This update does not prejudice ex post checks concerning
the conditions for the grant of aid laid down in Article
4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The areas eligible for the premium for goatmeat produ-
cers are listed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2550/2001 of 21 December 2001 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 2529/2001 on the common organisation of the
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat as regards premium
schemes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2419/
2001 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 623/
2002 (3).

A further examination has shown that the list of geogra-
phical areas should be updated. Following an analysis of
the goat production system in the overseas departments,
the French authorities have established that those depart-
ments meet the criteria laid down in Article 4(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 is replaced by the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 105.
(3) OJ L 95, 12.4.2002, p. 12.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Areas eligible for the goat premium

1. France: Corsica, the overseas departments and all mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18 of Council Regu-

lation (EC) No 1257/1999 (1), situated outside those regions.

2. Greece: the whole country.

3. Italy: Lazio, Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia and all mountain areas within

the meaning of Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 situated outside those regions.

4. Spain: the Autonomous Communities of Andalusia, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Castile-La Mancha, Castile-Leon,
Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia (with the exception of the Provinces of La Coruña and Lugo), Madrid, Murcia, Rioja,
Valencia and the Canary Islands and all mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 situated outside those regions.

5. Portugal: the whole country, with the exception of the Azores.

6. Austria: all mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.

7. Germany: all mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.’

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.