CELEX: 51989PC0660(07)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INSTITUTING AID FOR SMALL PRODUCERS OF CERTAIN ARABLE CROPS

No C 49/10                                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                       28. 2. 90
                                                                        Proposal for a
                                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                            of . . .
                                                 instituting aid for small producers of certain arable crops
                                                                        (90/C 49/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                            the Community and taking account of the specific provisions
                                                                                    laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 on
                                                                                    improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (7), as last
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                amended by Regulation (EEC) No . . . (8);
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                                    Whereas care should be taken to ensure a smooth changeover
                                                                                    from the arrangements laid down for small producers in
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                  Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 to the scheme
                                                                                    provided for in this Regulation; whereas that changeover
                                                                                    should take place within the framework of provisions
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                            enabling the overall amount of the aid to small producers of
                                                                                    cereals provided for in Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                                    No 729/89 of 20 March 1989 laying down general rules for
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                             the special arrangements applicable to small producers as
Committee,                                                                          part of the co-responsibility arrangements in the cereals
                                                                                    sector (9) to be adjusted in good time,
Whereas the reduction in support granted to the markets in
most agricultural products and in particular the introduction
of the stabilizers have considerable effects on the income of
small producers of arable crops; whereas, in accordance with                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the content of the Commission's communication on rural
development, measures should be introduced to alleviate
those effects, the scope of which is wider than simply the aid
granted to small producers of cereals, which was introduced                                                         Article 1
to reduce the impact of the co-responsibility levy;
                                                                                     1.    Direct aid shall be granted to small producers of the
                                                                                    products listed in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, with a view to achieving the abovementioned                                No 2727/75 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
objectives, provision should be made for the granting of aid                        No 1431/82 and of the products falling within CN codes
per hectare, intended to offset loss of income, to producers of                      120100 90, 1205 00 90 and 1206 00 90 and listed in
the products listed in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Council                             Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 136/66/EEC.
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the
common organization of the market in cereals (*), as last                           2.     The aid shall be fixed per hectare of area sown and
amended by Regulation (EEC) No . . . (2), of the products                           harvested, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
listed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82                          Article 43 (2) of the Treaty. The aid may vary by area of
of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas, field                         production.
beans and sweet lupins (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1104/88 (4), and of certain products listed in                             3.     The aid to be paid to each recipient shall be calculated
Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 136/66/EEC                             on the basis of the area cultivated. However, the aid shall be
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                               paid in respect of no more than 10 hectares per holding.
organization of the market in oils and fats (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1225/89 (6);
                                                                                                                    Article 2
Whereas, for the purposes of applying the abovementioned
aid scheme and with a view to its objectives, the recipients                        1.     Any farmer:
should be defined in terms of the actual structures in
                                                                                    — whose utilized agricultural area does not exceed 20
;»)  OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                                       hectares, including areas which are the subject of
[2)  See page . . of this Official Journal.                                             set-aside under Regulation (EEC) No 797/85,
;3)  O J N o L 1 6 2 , 1 2 . 6. 1 9 8 2 , p . 2 8 .
;\)  OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 16.                                               (7) O J N o L 9 3 , 3 0 . 3. 1985, p. 1.
;5)  OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                            (8) O J N o L . . . , p . . .
 6
   ) OJ No L 128, 11. 5. 1989, p. 15.                                               (9) OJ No L 80, 23. 3. 1989, p. 5.
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— whose main source of agricultural income is the                    Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and the
    production of the products referred to in Article 1,             corresponding procedures laid down in Regulations No
                                                                     136/66/EEC and (EEC) No 1431/82.
— who practises farming as his main occupation or who
    meets the conditions laid down in Article 2 (1) of
    Regulation (EEC) No 797/85,
                                                                                                 Article 4
shall be deemed a small producer.
2.    Farmers with less than one hectare of utilized                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
agricultural area shall not be eligible for the aid. However,        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
the Member States where the average area of holdings is less         European Communities.
than the Community average may fix the limit referred to
above at 0,5 hectare.                                                It shall apply from the 1990/91 marketing year. However,
                                                                     for the 1990/91 marketing year, it shall not apply in the
                          Article 3                                  Member States which inform the Commission by 30 April
                                                                     1990 of their decision to continue to apply the arrangements
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be       provided for in the first indent of the second subparagraph of
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in                Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its                and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                                         For the Council