Council Regulation (EC) No 2704/1999 of 14 December 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2704/1999
of 14 December 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),
Whereas:
(1) Article 6(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999(4) provides that the land set-aside may be used for the provision of materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human or animal consumption, provided that effective control systems are applied;
(2) In order to ensure compliance with point 7 of the Memorandum of Understanding on certain oilseeds between the European Economic Community and the United States of America within the framework of the GATT it is necessary to provide for the possibility of reducing the amount of by-products which may be produced and put to a feed or food use, if the total quantity of such by-products would otherwise exceed 1 million metric tonnes annually expressed in soya meal equivalentes;
(3) It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,