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Document 32008R0247
Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)
Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)
Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)
OJ L 76, 19/03/2008, p. 1–5
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No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2013; Repealed by 32013R1308
Relation | Act | Comment | Subdivision concerned | From | To |
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Modifies | 32007R1234 | Replacement | article 94.1 | 01/07/2008 | |
Modifies | 32007R1234 | Amendment | article 91.1 | 01/07/2008 | |
Modifies | 32007R1234 | Replacement | article 91.2 | 01/07/2008 | |
Modifies | 32007R1234 | Addition | article 94 BI | 01/07/2008 | |
Modifies | 32007R1234 | Replacement | article 92.1 | 01/07/2008 | |
Modifies | 32007R1234 | Amendment | annex 11 | 01/07/2008 | |
Modifies | 32007R1234 | Amendment | paragraph 2 title 1 | 01/07/2008 | |
Modifies | 32007R1234 | Addition | article 94.1BI | 01/07/2008 | |
Modifies | 32007R1234 | Addition | article 94.3 | 01/07/2008 |
Relation | Act | Comment | Subdivision concerned | From | To |
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Corrected by | 32008R0247R(01) | (FR) | |||
Repealed by | 32013R1308 |
19.3.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 76/1 |
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 247/2008
of 17 March 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) |
The processing aid for short flax fibre and hemp fibre containing not more than 7,5 % impurities and shives applies until the end of 2007/2008 marketing year. Nevertheless, in view of the favourable trends on the market for this kind of fibre under the current aid scheme and in order to contribute to consolidating innovative products and their market outlets, application of this aid should be extended until the end of the 2008/2009 marketing year. |
(2) |
Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (1) provided for an increase in the level of processing aid for long flax fibre from the 2008/2009 marketing year onwards. Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 has been replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as of the marketing year 2008/2009. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 were drafted in view of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 as they would have applied as of that marketing year, therefore fixing the aid at the level foreseen. Since the processing aid for short fibres is maintained till the end of the 2008/2009 marketing year, the processing aid for long flax fibre for that additional marketing year should be maintained at the level that has so far been foreseen in Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 until the end of the 2007/2008 marketing year. |
(3) |
In order to promote the production of high-quality short flax and hemp fibres, the aid is granted to fibres containing a maximum of 7,5 % of impurities and shives. However, the Member States may derogate from this limit and grant processing aid for short flax fibre containing a percentage of impurities and shives of between 7,5 % and 15 % and for hemp fibre containing a percentage of impurities and shives of between 7,5 % and 25 %. Since this possibility is open only till the end of the 2007/2008 marketing year, it is necessary to give the Member States the possibility to derogate from that limit for one more marketing year. |
(4) |
As new market outlets have developed it is required to guarantee a minimum level of raw material supply. So in order to continue to ensure reasonable production levels in each Member State, it is necessary to extend the period in which the national guaranteed quantities apply. |
(5) |
Additional aid has been supporting the continuation of traditional production of flax in certain regions of the Netherlands, Belgium and France. In order to continue enabling gradual adaptation of farm structures to the new market conditions, it is necessary to extend this transitional aid until the end of 2008/2009 marketing year. |
(6) |
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is hereby amended as follows:
1. |
the title of Subsection II of Section I of Chapter IV of Title I of Part II shall be replaced by the following: ‘Subsection II Flax and hemp grown for fibre’; |
2. |
Article 91 shall be amended as follows:
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3. |
Article 92(1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. The amount of processing aid provided for in Article 91 shall be fixed:
However, the Member State may, with reference to traditional outlets, also decide to grant aid:
In the cases provided for in the second subparagraph, the Member State shall grant the aid in respect of a quantity which amounts to not more than the quantity produced, on the basis of 7,5 % of impurities and shives.’; |
4. |
Article 94 shall be amended as follows:
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5. |
the following Article shall be inserted after Article 94: ‘Article 94a Additional aid During the 2008/2009 marketing year, additional aid shall be granted to the authorised primary processor in respect of areas under flax in zones I and II as described in point A.III. of Annex XI and the straw production of which has been the subject of:
The amount of additional aid shall be EUR 120 per hectare in zone I and EUR 50 per hectare in zone II.’; |
6. |
Annex XI shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 March 2008.
For the Council
The President
I. JARC
(1) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16. Regulation as repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).
ANNEX
Point A of Annex XI shall be replaced by the following:
‘A.I. |
Apportionment of the maximum guaranteed quantity for long flax fibre among the Member States referred to in Article 94(1):
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A.II. |
Apportionment of the maximum guaranteed quantity for the marketing year 2008/2009 for short flax and hemp fibre among the Member States referred to in Article 94(1a)
The quantity referred to in Article 94(1a) shall be apportioned in the form of:
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A.III. |
Zones eligible for the aid referred to in Article 94a
Zone I
Zone II
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(*1) The national guaranteed quantity fixed for Hungary concerns hemp fibre only.