96/228/EC: Commission Decision of 28 February 1996 on a long-term national aid scheme to assist farmers in northern areas of Sweden (Only the Swedish text is authentic)

• Articles: 8

Article 1

The northern region of Sweden shall include, by sub-region, the local administrative units (Församling) and municipal units (Kommun) listed in Annex I.

Article 2

1. The reference period referred to in Article 142 (3) of the Act of Accession shall be 1994 as regards both quantities and the level of support to be complied with for the production of cow's milk and soft fruit and vegetables, and 1993 as regards other products.

2. Production in the reference period is indicated by product in Annex II.

Article 3

1. The aid set out in Annex III shall be authorized from 1 January 1995. This Annex lists the authorized amounts, by sub-region, by production factor (hectare, head of livestock) or by quantity produced, as well as the overall amount of authorized national aid.

Annex IV lists the maximum numbers of hectares, tonnes or animals that may be covered by the aid.

The aid shall be authorized taking account of the level of Community aid listed in Annex V and shall in no case be granted by quantity produced, with the exception of aid for cow's milk.

2. As regards cow's milk, the aid provided for in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be limited for each farmer to the reference quantity allocated in application of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92.

Article 4

Sweden shall submit to the Commission, before 1 April each year, and for the first time before 1 April 1996, as part of the information to be supplied pursuant to Article 143 (2) of the Act of Accession, information on the impact of the aid granted and in particular on production trends and the development of the means of production benefiting from the aid and of the economy of the regions concerned, as well as the impact on the protection of the environment and the preservation of the countryside referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 142 (3) of the Act of Accession.

It shall take all the steps necessary to apply this Decision and make all the necessary arrangements for monitoring the beneficiaries.

Where the quantities provided for in Annex II are exceeded, Sweden shall reduce the aid granted for the products concerned, proportionally in the following year. In the case of arable crop production, the reduction shall be applied only if the reference quantity is exceeded by more than 10 % on overage for two consecutive years.

Article 5

Sweden may determine the conditions for granting aid to the different categories of beneficiaries, provided those conditions comply with the amounts and other elements laid down in this Decision and may change, subject to prior Commission authorization of the adjustment, the level of aid per product or other aspects of the aid scheme in question.

Article 6

The Commission may review this Decision, in particular on the basis of trends in the value of the national currency or of trends in the Community aid referred to in Annex V.

Any revision of the level of authorized aid in the northern areas shall apply only from the year following that in which the change concerned comes into effect.

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Sweden.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 218, 6. 8. 1991, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 244, 12. 10. 1995, p. 50.

(3) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 85.

(4) OJ No L 288, 1. 12. 1995, p. 35.

(5) OJ No L 405, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.

(6) OJ No L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 43.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

SUB-REGION 1

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SUB-REGION 2 A

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SUB-REGION 2 B

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SUB-REGION 3

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ANNEX II

Provided for in Article 2 (2)

PRODUCTION

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ANNEX III

Provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) (ECU 1 = Skr 9,12158)

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ANNEX IV

Provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 3 (1) (Quantities expressed in production factors)

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ANNEX V

Provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 3 (1) (1 green ECU = Skr 10,5852 / 1 book-rate ECU = Skr 9,12158)

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