Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes
30. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 342 E/41 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes (1999/C 342 E/04) COM(1999) 428 final - 1999/0182(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 9 September 1999) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Article 3 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Having regard to the opinion of Committee, the Economic and Social (1) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 (1) introduces a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes; (2) Whereas the markets for the crops covered by this measure are different: animal feed for vetches and human food for lentils and chick peas; whereas, because the maximum guaranteed area system has been applied to those crops it has not been possible to taken together until now, manage properly the development of land under crops in view of the increase in the area under vetches since application of the system started; whereas, as a result, the maximum guaranteed area should be subdivided so as better to direct grain legume production in the European Union; (3) Whereas for the purposes of applying the system the should be Management Committee for Dried Fodder replaced by the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 1. Where the areas for which aid is requested under this Regulation exceed the maximum guaranteed areas fixed in paragraph 2 of this Article, the aid to be paid for that marketing year shall be reduced proportionately. 2. The maximum guaranteed areas are fixed at 160 000 hectares for lentils and chick peas and 240 000 hectares for vetches. Where a maximum area is not reached during a marketing year the unused balance shall be reallocated to the other maximum guaranteed area for that marketing year before an overrun occurs. í 2. In Article 6, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: The Commission shall 1. lay down detailed rules of application in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2). In accordance with that procedure, the Commission shall determine the overruns in the maximum guaranteed areas than 15 fix the definitive aid by no later and shall November of the marketing year in question. í Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 1 It shall apply with effect from the 2000/2001 marketing year. Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 is amended as follows: 1. Article 3 is replaced by the following: This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. (1) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 4. Regulation last amended by Commission (2) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. Regulation last amended by Regulation Regulation (EC) No 1826/97 (OJ L 260, 23. 9. 1997, p. 11). (EC) No 1253/1999 (OJ L 160, 26. 6. 1999, p. 18)