Support system for producers of certain arable crops (amend. Regul. 1765/92/EEC)

The Council agreed to resume consideration of the proposal upon receipt of the European Parliament’s opinion. The Council also received a request from several Member States to include in the proposal - without delaying adoption of the Regulation - the approach adopted when setting the set-aside rates for the 1996/1997 marketing year. That approach concerns: - regional application of penalties if the national area is exceeded; - taking account of exceptional climatic conditions in calculating yields. The Council took note of the information given by the Commission representative concerning the progress of Commission work on those two aspects, which indicated that it would not be possible to include those new aspects in the proposal currently being examined by the Council.