{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-361/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/361",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 30 April 2009 authorising Finnish aid for seeds and cereal seed in respect of the harvest year 2009 (notified under document number C(2009) 3078) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2009/361/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-361",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 30 April 2009\nauthorising Finnish aid for seeds and cereal seed in respect of the harvest year 2009\n(notified under document number C(2009) 3078)\n(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)\n(2009/361/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 182(2), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nBy letter dated 10 December 2008, the Finnish Government requested authorisation, for the years 2009-2010, to grant farmers aid for certain quantities of varieties of seeds and cereal seed produced solely in Finland because of its specific climatic conditions.\n(2)\nIn accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 182(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, Finland has transmitted to the Commission a satisfactory report on the results of the aid authorised. By consequence a national aid for cultivated seeds in 2009 may be granted.\n(3)\nFinland requests authorisation to grant aid per hectare for certain areas under Gramineae (grass) and Leguminosae (legumes) seeds species as listed in Annex XIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, with the exception of Phleum pratense L. (Timothy), and for certain areas under cereal seed.\n(4)\nThe proposed aid has to meet the requirements laid down in Article 182(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. It concerns seeds and cereal seed varieties for cultivation in Finland which are adapted to the weather conditions in that country and are not grown in other Member States. The Commission authorisation should be limited to the varieties included in the list of Finnish varieties which are produced solely in Finland.\n(5)\nProvision should be made for the Commission to be informed of the measures taken by Finland to comply with the limits laid down in this Decision.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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