Cereals and rice in Portugal: common organisation of the market CMO (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 738/93)

PURPOSE : to continue the level of aid applicable in 2001/02 to Portuguese cereal producers. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Regulation 823/2001/EC relating to the modification of Council Regulation 738/93/EEC amending the transitional measures governing the common organisation of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal as provided for by Regulation 3653/90/EEC. CONTENT : Regulation 738/93 stipulates that the special aid to Portuguese cereal producers is to be granted until the end of the 2002/2003 marketing year. In recent years, the income of Portuguese cereal producers has suffered under the overall impact of the reform of the common agricultural policy in that sector and of the successive reductions in the special aids provided for in the above arrangements. To lessen that impact, the reduction in the special aid should be temporarily stabilised by keeping the level of aid for 2001/2002 at the 2000/2001 level.�