CELEX: 51988PC0599
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Date: 1988-11-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down general rules for the special system applicable to small producers as part of the co-responsibility arrangements in the cereals sector (presented by the Commission)

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                                        COM(88 ) 599 final
                                        Brussels , 16 November 1988
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   laying down general rules for the special system applicable to
    small producers as part of the co-responsibility arrangements
                          in the cereals sector
                    ( presented by the Commission )
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                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 Article 4 of the basic Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 provides that small
 producers of cereals are to be exempted from the co-responsibility levy under
 conditions to be determined .
 Following a compromise concerning the agricultural prices and related measures
 for 1988 / 89 , the Council laid down those conditons applying for the 1988 / 89
marketing year in Regulation ( EEC ) No 2227 / 88 ( OJ No L 197 , 26.7.1988 , p. 26 ).
 In that compromise the Council undertook to define , before 1 December 1988 ,
 the concept "small producer " and the arrangements which will apply to such
producers in forthcoming marketing years .
The aim of this draft Regulation is to comply with the Council 's desire . It
may be summarized as follows :
1.   The arrangements for the exemption from the co-responsibility levies
     continue to apply in the form of direct aid . However , Member States
     experiencing difficulties of an administrative or techncial nature may
     apply the aid in the form of compensation for the levy .
2.   An overall amount of the direct aid based on the quantity of cereals sold
     by producers marketing no more than 25 tonnes of cereals is fixed .
     This overall amount is apportioned between the Member States according to
     the same criterion .
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3 . Small producers are producers whose holdings have a utilized agricultural
     area (UAA) of no more than 20 hectares . However , in view of the disparity          I
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     of structures and the great differences in yields per hectare , the                      (
     Member States are authorized to fix a limit of 40 hectares on utilized                   j
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     agricultural area . Furthermore , they may apply additional criteria , such         ij
     as the area under cereals and/or the importance of cereals in the income            j   !
     of holdings .
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                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No    / 88 .
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               laying down general rules for the special system applicable to
                small producers as part of the co-responsibility arrangements
                                       in the cereals sector
    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
    Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 of 29 October 1975 on the
    common organization of the market in cereals ( 1 ), as last amended by
    Regulation ( EEC ) No 2221 /88 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 4 thereof ,
    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
    Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 provides for the introduction of a
   basic co-responsibility levy and of an additional co-responsibility levy and
. for the exemption of small producers from those levies under conditions to be
   determined ; whereas , in view of experience gained , a direct aid system for
 . small producers of cereals may be considered a suitable means of offsetting
   the effect of such co-responsibility levies on their incomes ;
   Whereas , in order to keep the aid system within acceptable financial limits ,
• provision should be made for it to apply within the framework of an overall
   amount determined on the basis of the total sum of the co-responsibility
   levies borne by small producers marketing no more than 25 tonnes ; whereas that
   sum may be estimated at 220 million ECU for the forthcoming three marketing
   years , without prejudice however to any changes in the factors used for the
   calculation ; whereas that overall amount should be apportioned between the
  Member States on the basis of that criterion ; whereas a ceiling for aid to
   each producer should also be fixed ;
   ( 1 ) 0J No L 281 , 1.11.1975 , p. 1 .
   ( 2 ) OJ No L 197 , 26 . 7.1988 , p. 16 .
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    Whereas experience with the existing aid system has shown the need to define
    the concept of the "small producer " at Community level ; whereas , to that end ,
    reference should be made to the utilized agricultural area and provision
    should be made for measures enabling account to be taken of differences
    existing in the Community as regards structures and yields ;
   Whereas the large number of small producers in certain Member States may raise
Si special problems of an administrative or technical nature in instituting the
   aid system ; whereas the possibility of applying the aid in the form of
   compensation for levies may provide a more suitable procedure under the system
   in question for those Member States ;
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                              Article 1
   The arrangements for exemption from the co-responsibility levies provided for
   in Articles 4 and 4b of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 for small producers shall
   be applied in the form of direct aid in accordance with the provisions of this
   Regulation .
                                              Article 2
   1 . . The aid provided for in Article 1 shall be granted within the framework of
         an overall amount determined for the Community and apportioned between the
         Member States . ’
   2.    For the 1989 / 90 , 1990 / 91 and 1991 / 92 marketing years , the overall amount
         shall be 220 million ECU . However , the Council acting by a qualified
         majority on a proposal from the Commission may alter that amount if the
       'total estimated sum of the co-responsibility levies provided for in
         Articles 4 and 4b of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 applying to quantities of
       ■ cereals sold by producers marketing no more than 25 tonnes results in a
         different figure .
   3.    The overall amount shall be reduced by the amount of the levy provided for
         in Article 4b of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 and reimbursed pursuant to
         paragraph 2 of that Article .
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  4.   The overall amount shall be apportioned between the Member States in
       accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation ( F.F.C )
       No 2727 / 75 taking into account sales made by producers marketing no more
       than 25 tonnes .
                                         Article 3
 "Small producers " shall be deemed to be any farmers :
 - whose utilized agricultural area does not exceed 20 hectares including areas
    subject to set-aside under Regulation ( EEC ) No 797 / 87 . However , if the
    structural situation or low yield per hectare of holdings in a Member State
    so warrants , the Member State may specify a greater number of hectares not
    exceeding 40 hectares ;
 - meeting additional criteria which may be laid down by the Member State
    concerned relating to the size of the area under cereals and the importance
    of cereals in the holding 's income .
                                        Article 4
The amount of the aid to be granted to small producers shall be established
with reference to the co-responsibility levies borne by them .
That amount may be established on a flat-rate basis .
The Member States may decide not to grant aid for amounts below a minimum
which they shall determine .
In no case may the aid exceed , for any one producer , the equivalent of the
levies for 25 tonnes of cereals .
                                        Article 5
1 ., Member States experiencing particular difficulties of an administrative or
      technical nature in applying the aid provided for in Article 1 may apply
      that aid in the form of compensation for levies payable by small
      producers . Such compensation shall be limited for each producer to the
      first 25 tonnes of cereals marketed .
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     The overall amount of such compensation for the Member State in question
     may in no case exceed the amount which would have been paid to it had this
     paragraph not been applied .
 2.  Where this Article applies , the overall amount referred to in Article 2(2 )
     shall be reduced by the amount which would have been paid under the
     current aid system had this Article not been applied .
                                      Article 6
For each Member State the amount of aid for a marketing year fixed pursuant to
Article 2(4 ) shall be converted into national currency at the agricultural
rate in force on the first day of that marketing year .
                                      Article 7
The Member States shall forward to the Commission in good time national
provisions adopted pursuant to this Regulation .
                                      Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from the 1989 / 90 marketing year .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels                                   For the Council
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       î . :»~'ru LE DE .A MESURE : Réglés générales du régine particulier applicable aux petits
             producteurs dans le cadre du régne de coresponsabi l i té dans le secteur des
             céréales .
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      4 . ττ - : - ·.Έ DE LA MESURE :           Fixation d' un montant global de l' aide directe basée sur la
               quantité de céréales vendues par les producteurs qui commercialisent au plus
               25 tonnes de céréales , réparties selon le même critère entre les Etats membres .
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                                   de l' article 103 est susceptible d' être modifiée lorsque la Commission ,
                                   dans le cadre du Comité de gestion , décide de la clé de répartition .