Commission Regulation (EC) No 829/2008 of 21 August 2008 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards date for sowings of rice in 2008 in the Italian region of Piemonte
Date: 2008-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, aid to agriculture, common agricultural policy, natural disaster, rice, seed, utilised agricultural area

22.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 224/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 829/2008

of 21 August 2008

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards date for sowings of rice in 2008 in the Italian
region of Piemonte

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
and
(EC) No
amending
1452/2001,
(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 (1),
and in particular Article 145(c) thereof,

certain
Regulations
(EC) No 1453/2001,

(EC) No 1454/2001,

for
2019/93,

(EEC) No

schemes

support

farmers

(2)

(3)

(4)

Continuous and strong flood rainfalls have affected the
Italian region of Piemonte as from mid May 2008. These
adverse weather conditions prevented farmers to respect
the date for sowing of rice at the latest on 31 May 2008.

It is therefore appropriate to derogate from Article 12(b)
of Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 and authorise farmers
to sow rice in the declared areas located in the Italian
Region of Piemonte at the latest on 30 June 2008.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

12

(EC) No
of Commission Regulation
Article
1973/2004 of 29 October 2004 laying down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided for
in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of
land set aside for the production of raw materials (2)
provides
crop-specific
eligible
payment for rice, the declared area must be sown on
31 May preceding the harvest in question at the latest
in all producing regions except for Spain, Portugal and
French Guyana which are allowed to sow until 30 June.

to be

that,

the

for

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 12(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1973/2004, to be eligible for the crop-specific payment for rice
in 2008, the declared area in the Italian region of Piemonte
shall be sown at the latest on 30 June 2008.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 21 August 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 674/2008 (OJ L 189, 17.7.2008,
p. 5).

(2) OJ L 345, 20.11.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu­

lation (EC) No 1548/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 71).