Dried fodder: common organisation of the market COM

OBJECTIVE: the Council Regulation is a response to the desire expressed by the Council during the adoption of CAP reform in 1992 to see the system of aid for dried fodder continue and it aims to implement a political agreement relating to this new system. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation 95/603/EC on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder. SUBSTANCE: - a flat-rate aid of ECU 68.82 per tonne for artificially heat-dried fodder and ECU 38.64 per tonne for sun-dried fodder. This aid is limited to a maximum guaranteed quantity of 4 394 million tonnes for artificially-dried fodder and 443 500 tonnes for sun-dried fodder; - the maximum guaranteed quantities (MGQs) are to be distributed between Member States (national guaranteed quantities - NGQs) on the basis of their production for which aid was received in the marketing years 1992/93 and 1993/94; - in order to guarantee respect for maximum guaranteed quantities and to discourage surplus production throughout the Community, the amount of aid shall be reduced if production exceeds the MGQ. This reduction is applied equally throughout the Member States, for the first 5% by which the MGQ is exceeded. In the event of a larger excess, the aid shall be reduced in those Member States which have exceeded their NGQ by more than 5%; - the marketing year for the products should begin on 1 April of each year and terminate on 31 March of the following year; - as regards measures relating to trade with third countries, the text takes into consideration the implementation of the results of the Uruguay Round. DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE: 21 March 1995. The Regulation shall apply from 1 April 1995, with the exception of the provisions concerning trade with third countries, which shall apply from 1 July 1995. �