Commission Regulation (EC) No 2860/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops, to include flax and hemp grown for fibre, specifying the rules on set-aside areas and amending the base areas for Greece and Portugal

Member States shall ensure that the suspected presence of any diseases referred to in Article 4 and any abnormal mortality rate observed in bivalve molluscs in farms, in farming areas or in harvested natural beds or in purification centres or storage tanks which discharge water into the sea is notified as soon as possible to the official service by the shellfish-farmers or any other person who has made such observations.

Whereas Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds fn, and Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora fn, prohibit the capture and keeping of and trade in a great number of species, whilst providing for exemptions for specific reasons, such as research and education, repopulation, reintroduction and breeding;

The measures to support the cultivation of sugar cane and its direct processing into agricultural rum and sugar syrup should be continued because these measures are helping to ensure continued deliveries of cane to distilleries, which can thus plan and rationalise investments in their production facilities, and because they help improve the incomes of cane growers and encourage them to improve their production methods to ensure higher yields and deliver better quality cane.

(2) Under Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 of 5 February 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre fn, aid for processing flax and hemp straw is payable on flax and hemp fibre only where it comes from straw covered by sale/purchase contracts, processing commitments or processing contracts for which an "area" aid application was submitted in respect of the marketing year concerned.

Without prejudice to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, a derogation from the prohibitions of Article 8(1) thereof may be granted to scientific institutions, approved by a management authority, in consultation with a scientific authority, for the purposes of this Article, by the issuance of a certificate covering all specimens of species listed in Annex A to that Regulation in the collection that are intended for captive breeding or artificial propagation from which conservation benefits will accrue to the species, or for research or education aimed at the preservation or conservation of the species, provided that any sale of specimens is to other scientific institutions holding such a certificate.

Consignments of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods introduced into the territories defined in Annex I of Directive 90/675/EEC for purification in an approved purification centre, or for re-laying in an approved re-laying zone, or processing in an approved processing establishment, shall have been harvested from approved production areas checked and approved by the competent authority of the third country, shall be accompanied by the original of a numbered health certificate attesting that the health conditions of production, harvesting and transportation of the batches are at least equivalent to those established by Directive 91/492/EEC.

Poultry must be reared in open-range conditions and cannot be kept in cages.

However, sows must be kept in groups, except in the last stages of pregnancy and during the suckling period.

STOCK FARMING TOGETHER WITH CULTIVATION

Whereas a procedure should be laid down for calculating the quota for producers who have started growing tobacco or who have increased their quota;

In organic stockfarming, all livestock on one and the same production unit must be reared in accordance with the rules laid down in this Regulation.

If livestock products are to be sold as organic products, the livestock must be reared according to the rules laid down in this Regulation for at least:

The production quotas of producers who have newly begun to grow tobacco or who have increased their quota under Article 29(3) must be calculated as follows:

ewes and goats must be reared according to the rules of this regulation as soon as they are weaned and in any case they must be less than 45 days old,

This right to replant shall be restricted to 400 hectares, corresponding to the estimated area previously under vines which has ceased to be cultivated in recent decades.'

All material for testing shall be grown at temperatures not less than 18 °C (preferably at temperatures higher than 20 °C) and with at least a 16-hour photo-period.

Furthermore, livestock must be reared in accordance with the rules set out in this Annex, preferably using feed from the unit or, when this is not possible, using feed from other units or enterprises subject to the provisions of this Regulation.

Rearers may submit only one application each.`

Whereas an addition should be made to the Directive on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species as regards those varieties which, it has been established, cannot be grown in any part of the territory of a Member State;

The category of "other wines" should be defined in keeping with the classification of vine varieties that may be cultivated in the Community, as established by the Member States in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

the put and take fishery do not represent lakes or unenclosed waters.

is not only a plant indispensable for the maintenance and conservation of soils, but one which makes it possible to develop land that will not bear other crops and which, even under non-intensive farming conditions, which account for the bulk of present production, responds favourably to any improvement in cultivation,

With respect to the modernization of olive cultivation and olive-oil extraction:

hunting, trapping and game propagation, including related service activities.

To encourage the transfer of technology and training in the olive sector.

certified seed in the case of durum wheat and flax and hemp grown for fibre;

TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN OLIVE CULTIVATION, OLIVE-OIL EXTRACTION AND TABLE-OLIVE PROCESSING

The flax varieties "Alizée" and "Drakkar" grown for fibre are inserted in point 1 of Annex XII.

In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 922/72 the words "For the 1972/73 and 1973/74 rearing years" shall be deleted.

specimens that derive from a ranching operation that was approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;

certain varieties in the cases of oilseeds, durum wheat, linseed and flax and hemp grown for fibre,

live fish of aquaculture origin intended for restocking of put-and take fisheries in the Community;

Whereas it is necessary to fix minimum export prices in good time so that professional growers can make their arrangements;

FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING, OF RE-POPULATION, OF RE-INTRODUCTION AND FOR THE BREEDING NECESSARY FOR THESE PURPOSES;

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 707/76 of 25 March 1976 on the recognition of producer groups of silkworm rearers

"- with regard to flax and hemp grown for fibre, those relating to the arrangements for contracts and to the commitment referred to in Article 5a(1),

FINANCING OF THE PROGRAMMES OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN OLIVE CULTIVATION, OLIVE-OIL EXTRACTION AND TABLE-OLIVE PROCESSING

the Feteasca and Feteasca regala varieties cultivated in the southern and eastern Sub-Carpathian foothills and Transylvania in Romania.

In the first subparagraph of Article 4(3), the words "for linseed" shall be replaced by "for linseed and flax and hemp grown for fibre".

For the purposes of Article 5a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, the area payment for flax and hemp grown for fibre is subject to:

Aid shall be granted to silkworm rearers who submit applications by 30 November each year at the latest, except in cases of force majeure.

walnut and chestnut trees grown mainly for their fruit (G/1), other plantations of non-forest trees (G) and osieries (G/6),

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 822/76 of 7 April 1976 on the conditions and the procedures for the recognition of producer groups of silkworm rearers

Farming implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding and protection from predators.

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1054/73 of 18 April 1972, laid down the detailed rules for aid in respect of silkworms for the 1973/74 rearing year;

purposes of research, education and protection of the environment, including repopulation, reintroduction, breeding or for the protection of flora and fauna;

REGULATION (EEC) No 922/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 2 May 1972 laying down general rules for granting aid in respect of silkworms for the 1972/73 rearing year

the census must be kept up to date by the owner or keeper to take account of the increase in the population or new mortality observed during the period of suspected infection;

In addition to the traditional production of long flax fibre for textiles and the traditional uses of hemp fibres, flax and hemp are now also being grown for a new market in short fibres.