Council Regulation (EC) No 1461/95 of 22 June 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 concerning the conversion of land currently under arable crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal

• Published date: 28 June 1995
• Subject Matter: Agricultural structures
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 144, 28 June 1995

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Council Regulation (EC) No 1461/95 of 22 June 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 concerning the conversion of land currently under arable crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal

Official Journal L 144 , 28/06/1995 P. 0004 - 0005

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1461/95 of 22 June 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 concerning the conversion of land currently under arable crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas a number of problems came to light when Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 (2) was applied; whereas that Regulation should therefore be adapted;

Whereas the redistribution of previously collectivized holdings in Portugal was in some cases decided very late and producers whose rights were restored were not able to return the redistributed land to its arable use prior to the deadline of 31 December 1991 and thus benefit from the support system for producers of certain arable crops established by Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (3); whereas, for reasons of fairness, those holdings should be made equivalent to land having benefited from compensatory payments;

Whereas the livestock density per hectare fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 may in the future restrict opportunities for deriving profit from the converted land and thus reduce interest in the conversion programme; whereas there is therefore justification in granting to producers intending to participate in the programme the possibility of increasing that density while adhering to the principle of increased extensification, without, however, changing the intitial rate of conversion of land to livestock production, to retain the weighting applied under the programme;

Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 stipulates a reduction in the number of rights to the suckler cow premium laid down in Article 4d of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (4), where areas are converted to the rearing of suckler cows; whereas that reduction severely penalises breeders of cows; whereas, therefore, in order to maintain the financial equilibrium of the conversion...