92/392/EEC: Council Decision of 30 June 1992 on temporary national compensation for farmers in Germany

COUNCIL DECISION of 30 June 1992 on temporary national compensation for farmers in Germany (92/392/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 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 to compensate for the lower farm incomes resulting from reductions in prices expressed in national currency brought about in Germany by the adaptation of agricultural conversion rates, Council Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 of 21 March 1984 on the  calculation and dismantlement of the monetary compensatory amounts applying to certain agricultural products (4), provided that, subject to certain specified conditions, a special national aid granted through the value added tax (VAT) system was  compatible with the common market; whereas the aid provisions laid down in that Regulation are not limited in time; whereas Twentieth Council Directive 85/361/EEC of 16 July 1985 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover  taxes - Common system of value added tax; derogations in connection with the special aids granted to certain farmers to compensate for the dismantlement of monetary compensatory amounts applying to certain agricultural products (5), laid down the  conditions under which VAT could be used for the grant of this special aid;
Whereas the Council, when adopting Directive 85/361/EEC, noted that the consequences of the dismantlement of monetary compensatory amounts are temporary and degressive; whereas farm incomes in Germany have recently developed in an unsatisfactory manner;  whereas the said Directive expired on 31 December 1991; whereas it is therefore appropriate to provide for an income support benefit for the farm sector in Germany in 1992;
Whereas the mechanism for granting aid as laid down in Directive 85/361/EEC is production-linked; whereas the need to support incomes for 1992 temporarily could be met more appropriately by national farm support measures; whereas due account should be  taken of the farm structure in the Laender of the former German Democratic Republic; whereas the aid provided for in Council Decision 88/402/EEC of 30 June 1988 on aid to farmers in the Federal Republic of Germany (6) should be granted notwithstanding  this Decision,