Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2005 of 29 August 2005 derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the start of the period for certain payments
Date: 2005-08-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, aid system, common agricultural policy, goat, livestock farming, milk product, production aid, sheep, suckler cow

30.8.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1418/2005

of 29 August 2005

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 Articles 145(q) and
155 thereof,

production of sheep and goats and of suckler cows,
several Member States have asked the Commission to
transitional measures. Bringing forward to 1
take
November the disbursement period for the sheep and
goat premiums and suckler cow premium provided for
in Chapter 11 of Title IV and in Article 125 respectively
of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 constitutes an appro-
priate step in this direction.

(4)

In these circumstances, for 2005, a derogation should be
made from the disbursement period referred to in Article
28 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 for the premiums
and payments referred to in Chapters 7 and 11 of Title
IV and in Article 125 of that Regulation.

Whereas:

(5)

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003, milk producers may qualify for a dairy
premium and for additional payments. Pursuant
to
Article 28(2) of that Regulation, those premiums and
payments are to be paid once a year within the period
from 1 December to 30 June of the following calendar
year.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Despite direct aids paid to the producers, the fall in prices
on the milk market threatens to have a negative impact
on the financial position of dairy holdings in the short
term as such aids are paid only on certain specific dates
throughout the year. To be able to react to this situation,
several Member States have asked the Commission to
take urgent measures
risk. Bringing
forward the disbursement period for direct aids in the
milk sector constitutes an appropriate step in this
direction. However,
it cannot
begin before 16 October 2005.

for budgetary reasons,

to combat

this

The implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003,
and in particular Article 28(2) thereof, also has the effect
of postponing, compared to the former situation, the
date from which payments can be made,
in particular
in the case of sheep and goat premiums and payments
for beef and veal. To avoid this postponement affecting
situation of holdings engaged in the
the financial

Article 1

For 2005, 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
Chapter 7 of Title IV of that Regulation shall be set at 16
October.

Article 2

For 2005, by way of derogation from Article 28(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1782/2003, the start of the disbursement period
for the sheep and goat premiums provided for in Chapter 11 of
Title IV of that Regulation and for the suckler cow premium
provided for in Article 125 of that Regulation shall be set at
1 November.

Article 3

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 118/2005 (OJ L 24, 27.1.2005,
p. 15).

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

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

Done at Brussels, 29 August 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission