CELEX: 51989PC0353
Language: en
Date: 1989-09-12
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 797/85 AS REGARDS THE RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SET-ASIDE OF ARABLE LAND

20. 10. 89                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 268/5
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 as regards
                                 the rates of reimbursement for the set-aside of arable land
                                                     COM(89) 353 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 July 1989)
                                                        (89/C 268/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1. The following new paragraph is added at the end of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Article 1 (a):
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and                '8.    Member States shall take the necessary
43 thereof,                                                          measures to ensure that adequate publicity is given to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   inform potential beneficiaries of the opportunities
                                                                     afforded by the aid scheme.'
Having regard        to  the  opinion    of  the  European
Parliament,                                                       2. In Article 26 the following subparagraph is added at
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                     the end of paragraph 2:
Social Committee,                                                    'However, as regards expenditure for land set aside
Whereas provision should be made to give adequate                    during the period from 1 July 1989, including land
publicity of the opportunities afforded by the aid                   for which aid was granted during the previous season,
scheme;                                                              the following rates shall apply:
Whereas it is necessary to ensure that the set-aside                 — 50 % for that portion of the aid which does not
scheme is implemented effectively and in a balanced                      exceed ECU 300 per hectare per annum,
manner in the Member States;                                         — 30 % for that portion of the aid between ECU
                                                                         300 and ECU 600 per hectare per annum,
Whereas one of the appropriate ways of achieving this is
to adjust the rates of reimbursement for set-aside laid              and in the case of authorization as provided for in the
down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12                     third subparagraph of Article la (3):
March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural
                                                                     — 50 °/o for that portion of the aid which does not
structures ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                         exceed ECU 150 per hectare, per annum,
160/89 (2), as regards expenditure for land set aside
during the period from 1 July 1989; whereas for under-               — 30 % for that portion of the aid between ECU
takings in 1988/89, these rates should be applied only                    150 and ECU 300 per hectare per annum.'
for expenditure incurred from the second year of
application,                                                                                Article 2
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
Article 1                                                         Communities.
Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 is hereby amended as                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
follows:                                                          directly applicable in all Member States.
(') OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.
O OJ No L 165, 15. 6. 1989, p. 1.