COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1709/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the aid for small producers of certain arable crops sown in the 1991/92 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1346/90 of 14 May 1990 instituting aid for small producers of certain arable crops (1), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),

Whereas the aim of the aid for small producers of certain arable crops is to alleviate the effects of the stabilizers on the income of the small producers in question; whereas the natural conditions prevailing in mountain and hill areas and in the less-favoured areas of the Community contribute towards a lower average income for the producers in the areas concerned than that for producers in the rest of the Community; whereas account should be taken of this when

the aid is fixed; whereas, to that end, the aid should be maintained at the same level,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For areas sown in the 1991/92 marketing year, the aid provided for in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1346/90 shall be:

- ECU 50 per hectare in mountain and hill areas and in the less-favoured areas referred to in Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain- and hill-farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (6),

- ECU 30 per hectare in the rest of the Community.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1991.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 13 June 1991.

For the Council

The President

A. BODRY

(1) OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 10.(2) OJ No C 49, 28. 2. 1990, p. 12.(3) OJ No C 158, 17. 6. 1991.(4) OJ No C 159, 17. 6. 1991.(5) OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.(6) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.