2008/548/EC: Commission Decision of 24 June 2008 authorising Finnish aid for seeds and cereal seed in respect of the harvest years 2007 and 2008 (notified under document number C(2008) 2700)
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, State aid, cereals, control of State aid, seed

4.7.2008

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 June 2008

authorising Finnish aid for seeds and cereal seed in respect of the harvest years 2007 and 2008

(notified under document number C(2008) 2700)

(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)

(2008/548/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 of
23 November 2005 on the common organisation of
the
market in seeds and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2358/71
and (EEC) No 1674/72 (1), and in particular the first subpara-
graph of Article 8(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the

requested authorisation,

letter dated 17 December 2007,

Finnish
By
Government
years
2007-2010, to grant farmers aid for certain quantities
of varieties of seeds and cereal seed produced solely in
conditions.
Finland because of
Supplementary information was provided by letters
dated 16 January and 20 February 2008.

climatic

specific

the

for

its

second

In accordance with the
subparagraph of
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005, Finland
has to transmit to the Commission by 31 December
2008 at the latest a detailed report on the results of
the aid authorised.
this
In order not
interim review only cultivated seeds in 2007 and 2008
may be granted at this stage.

to pre-empt

listed in Annex XI

seeds
Regulation

species as
(EC)

Finland requests authorisation to grant aid per hectare for
certain areas under Gramineae (grass) and Leguminosae
to
(legumes)
of
Council
1782/2003
29 September 2003 establishing common rules
for
direct support schemes under the common agricultural
for
policy and establishing certain support
farmers and modifying Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93,
(EC) No
(EC) No 1452/2001,

(EC) No 1453/2001,

schemes

No

1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC)
No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71
and (EC) No 2529/2001 (2), with the exception of Phleum
pratense L. (Timothy), and for certain areas under cereal
seed.

(4)

The proposed aid has to meet
the requirements laid
down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005.
It concerns seeds and cereal seed varieties for cultivation
in Finland which are adapted to the weather conditions
in that country and are not grown in other Member
States. The Commission authorisation should be limited
to the varieties included in the list of Finnish varieties
which are produced solely in Finland.

(5)

Provision should be made for the Commission to be
informed of the measures taken by Finland to comply
with the limits laid down in this Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Finland is authorised, from 1 January 2007 to 31 December
2008,
to grant aid to growers established on its territory
producing certified seeds and certified cereal seed referred to
in the Annex to this Decision, within the limits of
the
amounts laid down in that Annex.

The authorisation shall cover exclusively varieties listed in the
Finnish national catalogue and which are grown solely in
Finland.

Article 2

Finland shall ensure, by an appropriate inspection system that
the aid is granted only in respect of the varieties referred to in
the Annex.

Article 3

Finland shall send to the Commission a list of the certified
varieties concerned and any amendment thereto and inform it
of the areas and quantities of seeds and cereal seed for which
the aid is granted.

(1) OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation

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

(EC) No 1247/2007 (OJ L 282, 26.10.2007, p. 1).

lation (EC) No 479/2008 (OJ L 148, 6.6.2008, p. 1).

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This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.

Article 4

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Finland.

Done at Brussels, 24 June 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Seeds

Eligible:

Area under certified Gramineae (grass) and Leguminosae (legumes) seeds of species listed in
Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 with the exception of Phleum pratense L.
(Timothy).

Maximum aid per hectare:

EUR 220

Maximum budget:

EUR 442 200

Cereal seed

Eligible:

Area under certified seed of wheat, oats, barley and rye.

Maximum aid per hectare:

EUR 73

Maximum budget:

EUR 2 190 000