CELEX: 51988PC0089
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-29
Title: PROPOSAL AMENDING the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) establishing a Community scheme to encourage the cessation of farming, in COM(87) 166 final/3, pursuant to Article 149(3) of the Treaty

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                                                      COM (. 88 ) 89 final
                                                      Brussels , 29 February 1988
                                    PROPOSAL AMENDING
                  the proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC )
   establishing a Community scheme to encourage the cessation of farming ,
      in COM(87 ) 166 final / 3 , pursuant to Article 149(3 ) of the Treaty
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                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 15 April 1987 , the Commission laid before the Council a proposal for a
Council Regulation establishing a Community scheme to encourage the cessation
of farming ( COM(87 ) 166 final / 3 ).
On 21 January, Parliament adopted a set of amendments to this proposal^".
The Commission therefore proposes amendments to its original proposal with a
view to
- simplifying and standardizing the scheme for compensating cessation
   regardless of the two possible allocations of the released land provided for ;
- allowing distribution of the cessation allowance between eligible joint
   farmers ;
- allowing , where production is abandoned , that some or all of the premium per
   hectare be paid to land agencies responsible for maintaining the abandoned
   land .
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              Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC )
       establishing a Community scheme to encourage the cessation cf farming ,
          in COM ( 87 ) 166 final / 3 , pursuant to Article 149(3 ) of the Treaty
The Commission’s original proposal is hereby amended as follows :
1 . The second indent of Article 4(1 ) is replaced by the following :
        or the agricultural area of the holding is used to enlarge that of one
        or more other agricultural holdings the farmer or farmers of which , at
        latest once the area is increased , practise farming as their main occu ¬
        pation , and undertake not to increase production of surplus products
        wihtin the meaning of Article la of Regulation ( EEC ) No 797 / 85 from the
        total area of their holding or holdings after enlargement ."
2 . The following is added to paragraph 6(2 ) :
    " or to an agency accepting responsibility for maintenance of the farmland
      withdrawn from agricultural production *."
3 . The following indent is inserted after the third indent of Article 8 :
    "- as regards any distribution of the annual allowance between two or more
        joint farmers ."
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4 . In Article 9(1 ) ,
      ( i ) The first indent is replaced by the following :
                  the maximum eligible amount of the allowance shall be 3,000 ECU per
                  year per holding . The Member States may distribute the annual
                  allowance among two or more joint farmers where all such farmers
                  simultaneously satisfy the conditions laid down in the first sub-
                  paragraph of Article 4(1 ). Where appropriate , assistance from the
                  Fund shall be limited to the amount of the annual allowance supple¬
                 menting the retirement pension paid to the recipient under the
                  national social security arrangements ;
               - the allowance shall not be paid for more than ten years , or after
                  the age of 70 years of the recipients , whichever limit is the
                  earliest ;
    ( ii ) The following sentence is added to the fourth indent :
             " However , the maximum eligible amount resulting from the increase in
               the premium may not exceed the maximum amount of the annual allowance
               referred to in the first indent ."
5 . Article 10 is replaced by the following :
    " Article 10
      1 . The Fund shall contribute , as provided in paragraphs 2 and 3 , toward
           the expenditure incurred by Member States in applying the scheme
           referred to in the second indent of Article 4(1 ), subject to the
            following limits and conditions :
           – the maximum eligible amount of the annual allowance shall be
               3,000 ECU per year per holding . The Member States may distribute the
                annual allowance among two or more joint farmers where all such
                farmers simultaneously satisfy the requirements referred to in the
                first indent of Article 4(1 ).
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        Where appropriate , assistance from the Fund shall be limited to the
        amount of the annual allowance granted supplementing the retirement
        pension paid to the recipients under the national social security
        arrangements ;
    - the allowance shall not be paid for more than ten years , or after the
        age of 70 years of the recipients , whichever limit is the earliest .
2 . To determine the Community contribution to eligible expenditure , a
    Community list classifying the regions of the Community shall be
    adopted according to the procedure laid down in Article 14 , by cate
    gory .
    This list shall be established on the basis of a composite indicator
    weighted as follows :
    ( a ) 75 % , the level of economic development measured by the indicator
          of the gross domestic product per inhabitant , and
    ( b ) 25 % , the share of agriculture in total employment , measured by the
          number of non-agricultural working persons as a ratio of total
          employment .
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3 . The Fund shall reimburse eligible expenditure to Member States ,
    according to the category of the region in which the relevant abandoned
    holding is located , on the basis of the following percentages :
    - 50 % where the regional composite indicator is less than 75 % of the
       Community indicator ,
    - 25 % where the regional composite indicator is less than 75 % but
        does less than 85 % of the Community indicator ."
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6 . In Artide 11 :
      ( i ) the fourth indent of Article 11(1 ) to read as follows :
               who undertake not to engage in any further agricultural work.” ;
    ( ii ) the second indent of Article 11(3 ) to read as follows :
               up to a maximum eligible amount of the allowance of 2,000 ECU per
               year for a paid worker or a family helper ."