Farming

Farming: Cereals and rice

Cereals regime

On 26 June 2003, EU Agriculture Ministers reached agreement on reform of the CAP, breaking the link between subsidy and production. This included a reformed Common Market Organisation for cereals, the detailed text of which was adopted by the Council in September (Council Regulation 1784/2003).

The main changes are as follows:

  • intervention price maintained at 101.31 Euros/tonne;
  • existing seasonal correction for intervention price ("monthly increments") reduced by 50%;
  • abolition of intervention for rye.

These measures took effect from the 2004/05 marketing year. The Cereals Regime Guide provides more detail on the coverage of the Common Market Organisation.

Cereals regime guide

The latest version was published in April 2006

For further details and background on the EU Cereals regime see :

Rice

EU Agriculture Ministers agreed fundamental reform of the CAP on 26 June 2003, breaking the link between subsidy and production. This included a reformed Common Market Organisation for rice to allow the EU market to prepare for the full implementation of EBA (Everything But Arms Agreement) from 2009.

The detailed text was adopted by the Council in September (Council Regulation 1785/2003). The main changes are as follows:

  • ·50% reduction in the intervention price (to €150/tonne) to be applied from 2004/05;
  • Intervention to be limited to 75,000t per year;
  • Abolition of monthly increments;

These measures took effect from 1 September 2004, the start of the 2004/05 marketing year.
 
The Rice Regime Guide provides more detail on the coverage of the Common Market Organisation.

Regime Guide

The latest version  was published in April 2006.

For further details and background on the EU Rice Regime see:

Page last modified: 1 July 2006
Page published: 1 July 2006

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