Commission Regulation (EC) No 323/2004 of 25 February 2004 adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1686/72 on account of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
Date: 2004-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, seed

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Official Journal of the European Union

26.2.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 323/2004

of 25 February 2004

adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1686/72 on account of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

the Czech
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 3(4a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of
26 October 1971 on the common organisation of the
market in seeds (1) provides for a mechanism to stabilise
production of rice seed and seed other than rice seed
involving fixing a maximum quantity eligible for produc-
tion aid, to be allocated among the Member States.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1686/72 of 2 August
1972 on certain detailed rules for aid for seed (2) fixes
the said maximum quantities of rice seed and seed other
than rice seed for the Community and by Member State.

In view of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia to the Community on 1 May
2004, the maximum quantity of rice seed and seed other
than rice seed eligible for production aid in the enlarged
Community and the quantities allocated to each Member
State should be fixed. The quantities taken into account
for calculating the maximum quantities are
those
communicated by the Member States to the Commis-
sion.

The rice seed harvested in a given marketing year is
normally used to sow areas for the production of paddy
rice and rice seed during the next marketing year. The
quantity of seed used in the Community to sow one
hectare is 0,2 tonnes. Accordingly, to sow the total base
area
436 345 ha,
87 269 tonnes of seed are needed.

(433 123 ha + 3 222 ha =)

of

(5)

Regulation (EEC) No 1686/72 should be amended
accordingly,

(1) 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).

(2) OJ L 177, 4.8.1972, p. 26. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 800/2002 (OJ L 131, 16.5.2002, p. 3).

Regulation (EEC) No 1686/72 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The first subparagraph of Article 3(1) is replaced with the

following:

‘From 1 July 2004, the annual maximum quantity of seed
other than rice seed eligible for Community production aid
shall be 332 841 tonnes, allocated to the producer Member
States as follows:

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

10 077 tonnes,

9 124 tonnes,

93 697 tonnes,

31 654 tonnes,

379 tonnes,

3 846 tonnes,

23 976 tonnes,

52 981 tonnes,

1 016 tonnes,

18 822 tonnes,

305 tonnes,

1 086 tonnes,

1 090 tonnes,

865 tonnes,

7 772 tonnes,

300 tonnes,

35 856 tonnes,

769 tonnes,

5 800 tonnes,

300 tonnes,

369 tonnes,

862 tonnes,

5 853 tonnes,

8 132 tonnes,

United Kingdom

17 910 tonnes.’

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2. The first subparagraph of Article 3a(1) is replaced with the

following:

‘From 1 July 2004, the annual maximum quantity of rice
seed eligible for Community production aid shall be 87 269
tonnes, allocated to the producer Member States as follows:

Spain

France

Greece

Hungary

29 625,613 tonnes,

3 031,861 tonnes,

1 472,618 tonnes,

644,400 tonnes,

Italy

Portugal

50 242,268 tonnes,

2 252,240 tonnes.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2004, subject
to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

It shall apply until the end of the 2004/2005 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission