51998PC0228

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes as regards the deadlines for lodging applications for compensatory payments under the aid scheme for rice producers (98/C 160/08) COM(1998) 228 final - 98/0136(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 16 April 1998)

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,

Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 192/98 (2), introduces compensatory payments to Community rice producers;

Whereas Article 1(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (3), at last amended by Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (4), stipulates that the system it introduces is to apply to the aid scheme for rice producers established by Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95;

Whereas, in order to ensure that the integrated system is properly and permanently applied to the scheme of compensatory payments to rice producers, the deadlines for lodging applications and for certain amendments to applications in the producer Member States should be specified;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 is amended as follows:

(a) The following is inserted as the second subparagraph of paragraph 2:

'In the context of the compensatory payments to rice producers provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the date fixed by the Member State may not be later than 31 May preceding the harvest in question and, in the case of Portugal and Spain, 30 June preceding the harvest.`

(b) The following subparagraph is added to paragraph 4:

'In the context of the compensatory payments to rice producers provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, certain amendments may be made to "area" aid applications provided the competent authorities receive these not later than the dates fixed in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.

(2) OJ L 20, 27.1.1998, p. 16.

(3) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.