Considerations on COM(2003)806 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)

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dossier COM(2003)806 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and ...
document COM(2003)806 EN
date March 22, 2004
 
(1) Chapter Va of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(3) provides for a support measure to assist farmers meeting recently introduced binding standards.

(2) As a result of accession, farmers in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia must deal with a large number of new standards based on Community legislation which they have to respect from the date of accession or at the later date. It is essential to provide support to cover at least a part of the cost of investments required to meet those standards. Therefore, special derogations should be laid down for implementing the 'meeting standards' measure in the new Member States.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 should therefore be amended.