2004/291/EC: Commission Decision of 30 March 2004 amending Decision 96/228/EC on a long-term national aid scheme to assist farmers in northern areas of Sweden (notified under document number C(2004) 966)
Date: 2004-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, aid system, aid to agriculture

31.3.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 94/61

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 March 2004

amending Decision 96/228/EC on a long-term national aid scheme to assist farmers in northern
areas of Sweden

(notified under document number C(2004) 966)

(Only the Swedish text is authentic)

(2004/291/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(7)

Decision 96/228/EC should be amended accordingly.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(8)

In view of the nature and scope of the amendments, and
at the request of Sweden, it should be provided that the
amendment takes effect from 1 January 2003.

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and
Sweden, and in particular Article 142 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Sweden, acting in accordance with Article 143 of the
Act of Accession, notified the Commission on 11 May
1995 of the aid scheme proposed under Article 142.

The aid scheme was approved by Commission Decision
96/228/EC (1).

Sweden requested on 8 July 2002 and 30 June 2003
that the Commission amend certain aspects of Decision
96/228/EC and subsequently presented additional infor-
mation in support of its requests.

In the abovementioned letters Sweden requested that
certain unit aid levels should be increased. These modifi-
cations take account the change in the level of compen-
satory allowances and are not
likely to lead to any
increase in overall support.

Experience has shown that the precautionary measure to
prevent possible increases in production that benefit
from aid is no longer needed. Furthermore, limitations
in aid amounts and the number of units covered by aid
supply the same need.

The rates of Community aid foreseen have been modi-
fied. Thus,
they do not serve the original purpose
anymore and there is no need to define them before-
hand.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 96/228/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 2(2) is deleted;

2. third paragraph of Article 3(1) is replaced by following:

‘The aid shall be authorised taking into account the Com-
munity aid and shall in no case be granted on the basis of
quantity produced with the exception of aid for cow's milk.’;

3. third paragraph of Article 4 is deleted;

4. Article 6 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 6

If the Commission reviews this Decision, in particular on
the basis of trends in the value of the national currency or
of the trends in the Community aid, any amendments to the
aid authorised by this Decision shall apply only from the
year following that in which the amendment was adopted.’;

5. Annexes II and V are deleted;

(1) OJ L 76, 26.3.1996, p. 29; Decision as last amended by Decision

2000/411/EC (OJ L 155, 28.6.2000, p. 60).

6. Annex III is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

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This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2003.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Sweden.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 3(1)

Unit aid authorised in SEK/unit

National aid authorised per subregion in SEK
million/year

Subregions

Subregions

Total

1

2A

2B

3

1

2A

2B

3

Cow’s milk (SEK/kg)

1,07

Goats (SEK/head) (1)

508

0,71

430

0,47

430

0,09

54,00

158,00

56,37

7,50

275,87

430

0,60

0,40

0,20

1,20

Pigs (SEK/head)

— pigs

slaughter

for

222

143

143

23

0,46

13,05

0,66

14,17

— sows

1 043

637

637

300

Laying hens
head)

(SEK/

13,45

13,45

13,45

4,90

0,22

0,67

3,79

1,69

0,39

0,048

4,40

2,40

Soft fruits and vege-
tables (SEK/ha) (2)

aid

Transport
cow’s milk
kg) (3)

for
(SEK/

2 850

2 850

2 850

1 850

1,84

0,19

2,03

0,043

0,039

0,039

0,030

2,20

8,70

4,90

2,80

18,60

Total

318,67

(1) Only goats used for milk production.
(2) Excluding potatoes.
(3) Between the farm and the collection centre or first processing centre.