Commission Regulation (EC) No 1540/2004 of 27 August 2004 derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the start of the period for certain payments
Date: 2004-08-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, agricultural product, aid system, milk product, production aid

28.8.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 279/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1540/2004

of 27 August 2004

derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the start of the period for certain
payments

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to 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 and amending Regulations
(EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001,
(EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC)
No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and
(EC) No 2529/2001 (1), and in particular Article 145(q) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

According to Articles 95 and 96 of Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003, milk producers qualify for a dairy premium
and additional payments from 2004. Under Article 28(2)
of the same Regulation, those premiums and payments
are to be disbursed once a year within the period from 1
December to 30 June of the following calendar year.

The milk market has recently experienced a substantial
fall in milk prices, causing the situation of producers to
become destabilised and their financial position to be
placed at risk of deterioration. Several Member States
have asked the Commission to take urgent measures to
combat these difficulties. Bringing forward the disbur-
sement period for the above-mentioned premiums and
step in this
payments

an appropriate

constitutes

(3)

(4)

(5)

direction. However,
begin before 16 October 2004.

for budgetary reasons,

it cannot

In these circumstances, for 2004, it would be advisable
to derogate from the disbursement period referred to in
Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

to allow milk producers

to manage their
In order
effectively, particularly by
financial position more
taking account of
the payments which will be made
from the date indicated, provision should be made for
this Regulation to enter into effect immediately.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Direct Payments,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For 2004, by way of derogation from Article 28(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1782/2003, the start of the disbursement period
for the dairy premium and additional payments provided for in
Title IV, Chapter 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be
set at 16 October.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 27 August 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) 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).