CELEX: 51987PC0371
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-20
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1942/81 FOR THE STIMULATION OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE LESS-FAVOURED AREAS OF NORTHERN IRELAND

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    (a) shall be equal to a maximum of 5 °/o, 5 °/o, 4 %,             3. Article 10 is replaced by the following:
         3 % and 2 % of the value of products:
                                                                           'Article 10
         — coming from producer groups as referred to in
             Article 1 (1),                                               1. The period for carrying out the common
                                                                          measures shall be 10 years from the date of entry into
         — to which recognition relates and which are                     force of this Regulation.
             placed on the market;
                                                                          2. Before the end of the period provided for in
    (b) may not, however, exceed the actual formation                     paragraph 1, the Commission shall submit to the
         and administrative operating expenditure.'                       Council a report on progress in the common
                                                                          measures.
2. The following subparagraph is added to Article 5 (1):                  3. The estimated total cost of carrying out the
                                                                          common measures to be borne by the Guidance
                                                                          Section of the Fund shall be 45 million ECU, 3
   'However, the aid referred to in the first subpara-
                                                                          million ECU of which are provided for the
   graph relating to storage, ginning and packaging
                                                                          application of Title I.
   facilities may also be granted to private undertakings
   provided that the programmes referred to under (c)                     4. Article 6 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70
   include:                                                               shall apply to this Regulation.'
   — investments which the said undertakings                          4. In Article 11 (2), '40 %' is replaced by '50 %'.
        contemplate making in storage, ginning and
                                                                                                  Article 2
        packaging facilities,
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
   — an assurance as to the adequate, lasting parti-                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
        cipation of cotton producers in the economic                  Communities.
        advantages arising from the investments, and/or               It shall apply with effect from 26 February 1987.
        the obligation to conclude supply contracts
        between groups and the said undertakings, of a                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
        duration of at least five years.'                             directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81 for the stimulation
                            of agricultural development in the less-favoured areas of Northern Ireland
                                                         COM(87) 371 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 July 1987)
                                                           (87/C 237/13)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              areas of Northern Ireland to bring about a significant
                                                                      improvement in agricultural structures and in agricultural
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 production possibilities in the areas concerned;
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and
43 thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the programme has been reviewed after its first
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    four years of implementation in accordance with Article
                                                                      2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81;
Having regard         to the opinion of the European
Parliament,
Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas Council Directive 84/169/EEC of 28 February
 1942/81 0), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/                   1984 concerning the Community list of less-favoured
85 O, the United Kingdom is implementing an agri-                     farming areas within the meaning of Directive
cultural development programme in the less-favoured                   75/268/EEC (United Kingdom) (3), extended the less-
                                                                      favoured areas of Northern Ireland;
(') OJ No L 197, 20. 7. 1981, p. 17.
O OJNoL362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.                                        O OJ No L 82, 26. 3. 1984, p. 67.
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Whereas the real needs for work on farm roads and land                    Article 2 (3) (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
improvement have been much greater than the provisions                    1787/84 of 19 June. 1984 establishing a European
on which the Regulation were based; whereas there is a                    Regional Development Fund (').
particular need in the less-favoured areas of Northern
Ireland to reinforce investment in this sector as an
indispensable prerequisite for maintaining farming and                    O O J N o L 169,28.6. 1984, p. 1.'
enabling diversification in rural areas;
                                                                       4. The following Article 3a is inserted after Article 3:
Whereas little use has been made of the aid for the orien-
tation of agricultural production and the farm                             'Article 3a
improvement plan has since been duplicated by the farm
improvement plan under Council Regulation (EEC) No                        The investments mentioned under Article 1 (3) (a),
797/85 ('); whereas this measure should be discontinued                   (b) and (d) shall be made under a farm investment
and replaced by a farm investment schedule aimed at                       schedule to be prepared by the farmer and approved
smaller farmers encouraging higher livestock quality by                   by the appropriate authorities.'
improvement of winter feeding facilities and environ-
mental protection by improvement of storage capacity
for animal waste in order to reduce the risk of pollution              5. In Article 6, paragraph        (a) is replaced by the
from winter housing for livestock;                                        following:
                                                                          '(a) renewal of existing field drainage'.
Whereas Northern Ireland is considered a priority for
regional development and agriculture is a key element in               6. In Article 11, the following paragraph 5 is added:
the region; whereas in order to ensure the continuation
of the development of the less-favoured areas of
Northern Ireland, it is necessary to amend the measure                    '5.     The present Title shall apply to improvement
and the limits of EAGGF contribution; whereas it is                       plans approved before 30 June 1987.'
opportune to allow a certain flexibility in these limits at
the discretion of the Commission without, however, in-                 7. The following Title IVa is inserted after Title IV:
creasing the overall cost of the common measure,
                                                                                                 TITLE IVa
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                    Winter feeding and environmental protection
                                                                          Article 11a
                            Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81 is hereby amended as                          The measure for the improvement of winter feeding
follows:                                                                  of animals and environmental protection referred to
                                                                          in Article 1 (d) shall include aid for investments
                                                                          granted to farmers without an improvement plan
                                                                          under Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 for
  1. In Article 1 (2), 'Directive 7 5 / 2 7 6 / E E C is replaced
     by 'Directive 8 4 / 1 6 9 / E E C
                                                                          (a) the storage of silage including appropriate silage
                                                                                effluent tanks;
  2. In Article 1 (3) the following is added:
                                                       /                  (b) the storage of animal wastes.
     '(d) the improvement of winter feeding of animals                    The aid provided under (a) and (b) shall not exceed
          and environmental protection'.                                  that available to farmers with an improvement plan
                                                                          not providing a labour income in excess of 120 % of
                                                                          the reference income under Article 2 of Regulation
  3. Article 2 (3) is replaced by the following:                          (EEC) No 797/85. The limits to investment eligible
                                                                          for aid as laid down in that Regulation are not
                                                                          modified by this Regulation.'
     '3.    All measures provided for in this common
     measure must fit into the framework of a regional
     development programme where the United Kingdom                    8. In Article 12 (2), '48 million ECU' is replaced by '57
     is obliged to forward it to the Commission under                     million ECU'.
O OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.                                       9. In Article 13, 7 0 % ' is replaced by '55 %'.
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10. Article 14 (2) is replaced by the following:                             subject to a maximum eligible amount of 21
                                                                             million ECU for the work under Title IV and
    '2. The fund shall reimburse to the United                               Title IVa.
    Kingdom the following percentage of its actual
    expenditure:                                                         However, if it proves necessary at a later stage, the
                                                                         Commission may at the request of the Member State
    (a) 40 % for measures under Article 4 with a                         concerned adjust the above maximum amounts
        maximum eligible amount of 44 million ECU;                       under the procedure referred to in Article 17,
    (b) 40 % for the other measures with a maximum                       provided the total amount of eligible expenditure
        eligible amount of:                                              does not exceed 142,5 million ECU.'
        — 600 ECU per hectare for the work referred
            to in Article 6 (a),                                                               Article 2
        — 500 ECU per hectare for the work referred                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
            to in Article 6 (b) and (c),                            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
        — 40 ECU per livestock unit for the work                    European Communities.
            referred to in Article 11 (2),
        — 15 000 ECU per farm for the work referred                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
            to in Article 11a,                                      directly applicable in all Member States.