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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2174/02
by Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE) to the Commission
(18 July 2002)
Subject: Agri-monetary compensation
Would the Commission please indicate the amounts of agri-monetary
compensation claimed by each Member State to assist arable farmers during
the last round of claims made on 31 October 2001 and how this compared to
the actual maximum claim each Member State would have been permitted to
make?
Answer given by Mr. Fischler on behalf of the Commission
(16 September 2002)
On the basis of the evolution of exchange rates applicable to the arable
crops aids per hectare in 2001, the application of the provisions of
Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998,
establishing the agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(1) gave rise to
authorising the United Kingdom to pay compensatory aid to arable farmers.
The maximum amount of the first tranche of the aid was in total fixed at
EUR 52,99 million by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1966/2001 of 8 October
2001 fixing the maximum amount of compensatory aid resulting from the
exchange rate for the pound sterling applicable on 1 July 2001(2). The
United Kingdom has not claimed any payment on this respect within the
deadline provided for in Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2808/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary
system for the euro in agriculture(3). In the case of Sweden and Denmark
the development in the exchange rates did not provide the basis for any
compensatory aid. |
