Activites

• 1995/06/21 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 1995/212
  • OJ L 137 21.06.1995, p. 0001
• #1848
• 1995/05/29 Council Meeting
• 1995/05/29 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1995/05/29 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1995/04/27 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0192/1995 summary

    The European Parliament approved this proposal for a directive in accordance with the procedure laid down in Rule 143 of its Rules of Procedure (procedure without report). �

• 1995/04/12 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/04/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/03/06 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0058 summary

    The proposal for a directive was aimed at establishing the list of less-favoured farming areas in Austria, in accordance with Article 2(1) of Directive 75/268/EEC. According to Declaration No 37 of Austria's Act of Accession to the European Union, the boundaries of the areas listed should be established in line with the acquis communautaire and, in the case of Austria, which is a mountainous country, on the basis of criteria similar to those used in Germany, Italy and France. In accordance with these different criteria, the Austrian Government proposed to the Commission a list of municipalities (Gemeinden) which were liable to appear on the Community list of less-favoured areas. These areas meet the requirements laid down in Article 3 (3) (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC concerning: - mountainous areas where the altitude and the slope shorten the growing season and limit the possibilities of using machinery (Article 3(3)); - less-favoured areas from an agricultural point of view and characterized by land with low productivity and low agricultural incomes (Article 3(4)); - less-favoured areas affected by specific handicaps (small areas, hills, poor hydrographic situation) where farming needs to be continued to conserve the countryside (Article 3(5)). The application of these indices results in a 68.6% coverage of Austria's agricultural area (AA). A breakdown of the classified area is contained in the Annex. The areas with specific handicaps do not exceed 4% of Austria's total surface area. Moreover, for 27 municipalities which border mountainous areas, it was proposed that only the section of the municipality meeting the relevant criteria should be included, representing an eligible area of about 26,000 hectares. The amount of expenditure set aside for the compensatory allowance for farmers in these areas would be included in the overall amount allocated to Objective 5a within the framework of the distribution of appropriations among Objectives as approved by the Commission. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0058
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0192/1995
• : Directive 1995/212
• : OJ L 137 21.06.1995, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)