Commission Regulation (EC) No 1250/2004 of 7 July 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 as regards the dairy premium
Date: 2004-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, common agricultural policy, euro, exchange rate, milk product

8.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 237/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1250/2004

of 7 July 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 as regards the dairy premium

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15
December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the
euro (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

for direct

Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September
2003 establishing common rules
support
the common agricultural policy and
schemes under
establishing certain support schemes for farmers and
amending Regulations
(EC) No
1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001,
(EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999,
(EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No
(EC) No 1673/2000,
2529/2001 (2) provides among other things for a dairy
premium and additional payments
in the form of
premium supplements applicable from 1 January 2004.

(EEC) No 2019/93,

introduced by Council
The dairy premium was first
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organi-
sation of the market in milk and milk products (3)
in
conjunction with the progressive reduction in market
support in the milk and milk products sector. The level
of the premium is to rise each year until 2007 to offset
the reduction in market support, which applies annually
on 1 July, the start of the milk year.

(3)

(4)

(5)

for

the exchange rate for

The operative event
the
purposes of the dairy premium should therefore be set
at 1 July of the year for which the aid is granted. For the
sake of consistency, it should also be laid down that the
same operative event for the exchange rate is to apply to
the dairy premium and to additional payments.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 of 22
December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agri-
culture (4) should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committees concerned,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 the following
third subparagraph is added:

‘For the dairy premium and additional payments referred to
in Chapter 7 of Title IV of Council Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003, the operative event for the exchange rate shall
in which the aid is granted.’
be 1 July of

the year

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 864/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 48).

(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(4) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6).

lation (EC) No 2304/2003 (OJ L 342, 30.12.2003, p. 6).