Commission R egulation (EC) No 2316/1999 of 22 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops

• Published date: 15 May 2001
• Subject Matter: Agricultural structures,Agriculture and Fisheries
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 280, 30 October 1999

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►B COMMISSION R EGULATION (EC) No 2316/1999

of 22 October 1999

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 estab-

lishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops

(OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43)

Amended by:

Official Journal

No page date

►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2000 of 3 July 2000 L 163 28 4.7.2000

►M2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2860/2000 of 27 December 2000 L 332 63 28.12.2000

►M3 Commission Regulation (EC) No 556/2001 of 21 March 2001 L 82 13 22.3.2001

►M4 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1157/2001 of 13 June 2001 L 157 8 14.6.2001

►M5 Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/2002 of 21 February 2002 L 51 14 22.2.2002

►M6 Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/2003 of 21 February 2003 L 49 3 22.2.2003

►M7 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1035/2003 of 17 June 2003 L 150 24 18.6.2003

►M8 Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2004 of 5 February 2004 L 34 33 6.2.2004

Corrected by:

►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 55 (2316/1999)

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COMMISSION R EGULATION (EC) No 2316/1999

of 22 October 1999

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regula-

tion (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for

producers of certain arable crops

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May

1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable

crops (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 replaced the support system for

producers of certain arable crops provided for in Council Regu-

lation (EEC) No 1765/92 (2), as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1624/98 (3). Following the changes entailed by the

new system and in view of experience gained, the rules on the

application of the area payment system should be harmonised

and, where appropriate, simplified. In the interests of clarity, it

is appropriate to recast in a single act the provisions of the

specific regulations governing the various aspects of that system,

that is the following Commission regulations:

Regulation (EEC) No 2467/92 (4) as amended by Regulation

(EEC) No 3738/92 (5), Regulation (EEC) No 2836/93 (6), as last

amended by Regulation (EC) No 1503/97 (7), Regulation (EC)

No 762/94 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1981/

98 (9), Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 (10), as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 1945/1999 (11), Regulation (EC) No 1237/

95 (12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2017/97 (13),

Regulation (EC) No 658/96 (14), as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 610/1999 (15) and Regulation (EC) No 1577/98 (16).

(2) The area payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1251/

1999 must be restricted to certain areas to be specified. Only

one application for an area payment should be permitted in

respect of any parcel cultivated in a given marketing year. Any

parcel covered by an ‘area’ aid application under the common

organisation of the market in any other product in respect of

the same marketing year cannot qualify under the area payment

scheme. Area payments can be granted on crops subsidized

under a scheme falling within the Community's structural or

environmental policies.

(3) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 defines the land that

is eligible for area payments. That Article authorises certain

exceptions under the control of the Member States which must

not undermine the effectiveness of the arrangements laid down

in that Regulation. In order to avoid any such risk, suitable

measures should be laid down to keep the total area of eligible

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(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 12.

(3) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 3.

(4) OJ L 246, 27.8.1992, p. 11.

(5) OJ L 380, 24.12.1992, p. 24.

(6) OJ L 260, 19.10.1993, p. 3.

(7) OJ L 202, 30.7.1997, p. 48.

(8) OJ L 90, 7.4.1994, p. 8.

(9) OJ L 256, 19.9.1998, p. 8.

(10) OJ L 121, 12.5.1994, p. 12.

(11) OJ L 241, 11.9.1999, p. 14.

(12) OJ L 121, 1.6.1995, p. 29.

(13) OJ L 284, 16.10.1997, p. 36.

(14) OJ L 91, 12.4.1996, p. 46.

(15) OJ L 75, 20.3.1999, p. 24.

(16) OJ L 206, 23.7.1998, p. 17.

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land at the current level and to prevent any appreciable increase

therein. To that end, certain muftiannual crops should be consid-

ered as included among rotating crops. Areas covered by

restructuring programmes could also be considered eligible for

area payments. It is necessary to define what is meant by

restructuring, appreciable increases in agricultural area and the

obligation to exchange eligible and ineligible land.

(4) The sowing of land for the sole purpose of qualifying for area

payments should be prevented. Certain conditions relating to

the sowing and cultivation of crops must be specified, in parti-

cular as regards oilseeds, protein plants, linseed and durum

wheat. Local standards must be respected in order to reflect the

diversity of agricultural practice within the Community.

(5) In order to foster the Community's policy of quality improve-

ment, only applicants who have sown seed of specified varieties

and qualities should be eligible for area payments in respect of

colza and rape seed. For determining eligible varieties, reference

should be made for the sake of consistency, simplification and

good management, to the Common Catalogue of Varieties of

Agricultural Plant Species established by Council Directive 70/

457/EEC (1), as last amended by Directive 98/96/EC (2), while

for the 2000/01 marketing year, reference should be made to

the varieties eligible under the previous scheme for the sake of

clarity and to maintain continuity. The Community's glucosino-

late and erucic acid standards for colza and rape seed should be

clarified and tests should be laid down to measure the glucosino-

late and erucic acid content of seed samples. It is necessary to

clarify the position regarding variety associations of colza and

rape seed and certain other categories of seed. The varieties of

sunflower seed which constitute confectionery sunflower seed

should be specified.

(6) The Member States in which maize is not grown traditionally

may set a base area for silage grass. It is necessary to define

what is meant by silage grass.

(7) Standards for sweet lupins and tests to determine whether or not

a sample of lupins is sweet should be laid down.

(8) Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 provides for the

granting of a supplement to the area payment to producers of

durum wheat in traditional production regions within a

maximum guaranteed area for each Member State concerned.

That maximum guaranteed area may be distributed among the

regions of production. A de minimis rule on the size of such

production regions should be introduced to prevent their frag-

mentation and so that the principle of proportionality is

complied with in the application of any penalties incurred for

overshoots. Areas eligible for the special aid for durum wheat

in non-traditional areas have been allocated to certain Member

States. The regions of the Member States allocated such areas

should be defined. Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 provides that

certified durum wheat seed must be used. Specific measures

should be taken to ensure that such seed is used. A minimum

quantity and a transitional period over which the quantity of

that seed used is to be attained must be set in order to avoid

supply difficulties or disturbances on the market in certified

seed. In view of the diversity of agricultural practice within the

Member States and within regions thereof, the setting of the

minimum quantity and the adoption of any transitional measures

needed should be left to the Member States concerned.

(9) Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 provides inter alia for the area

payment scheme to apply subject to a system of regional base

areas. With a view on the one hand to the transparency needed

and on the other to satisfactory management of those areas, the

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(1) OJ L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27.