PURPOSE: to clarify the conditions of eligibility for the payment of the beef premium.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EC) No 1009/2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers.

CONTENT: this Regulation amends Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers.

Pursuant to Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, in order to qualify for direct payments, an animal has to be identified and registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000. These provisions provide that each keeper of animals has to report to the competent authority all movements to and from the holding and all births and deaths of animals on the holding, within a maximum of seven days of the event occurring.

This Regulation states that this information may be provided on the first day of the animal’s retention period.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 17/10/2008.

APPLICATION: from 01/01/2008.

The European Parliament adopted, by 612 votes in favour to 10 against with 30 abstentions, under the consultation procedure, a legislative resolution approving the proposal for a regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers. The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Neil PARISH (EPP-ED, UK), on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the report by Neil PARISH (EPP-ED, UK) approving unamended, in the framework of the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers .

PURPOSE: to amend Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.

CONTENT: pursuant to Article 138 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (see CNS/2003/0006 ), to qualify for direct payments an animal shall be identified and registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000. Pursuant to this Regulation, each keeper of animals shall report to the competent authority all movements to and from the holding and all births and deaths of animals on the holding, along with the dates of these events, within a period fixed by the Member State of between three and seven days of the event occurring.

The aim of the proposal is to clarify the scope of the obligation of identifying and registering the animals for the purpose of granting the beef and veal payments, by amending Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

As a result of the proposed amendment, an animal should be deemed eligible for the payment where the reporting obligations laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 have been eventually complied with at the latest at the time of the beginning of the animal's retention period, notwithstanding identification and registration requirements.

Furthermore, since the reference period established for the management of the payments at stake is the calendar year, this amendment should be applicable as from 1 January 2008 in order to apply to all those payments during the whole calendar year 2008.

PURPOSE: to amend Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.

CONTENT: pursuant to Article 138 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (see CNS/2003/0006 ), to qualify for direct payments an animal shall be identified and registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000. Pursuant to this Regulation, each keeper of animals shall report to the competent authority all movements to and from the holding and all births and deaths of animals on the holding, along with the dates of these events, within a period fixed by the Member State of between three and seven days of the event occurring.

The aim of the proposal is to clarify the scope of the obligation of identifying and registering the animals for the purpose of granting the beef and veal payments, by amending Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

As a result of the proposed amendment, an animal should be deemed eligible for the payment where the reporting obligations laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 have been eventually complied with at the latest at the time of the beginning of the animal's retention period, notwithstanding identification and registration requirements.

Furthermore, since the reference period established for the management of the payments at stake is the calendar year, this amendment should be applicable as from 1 January 2008 in order to apply to all those payments during the whole calendar year 2008.