Council Regulation (EC) No. 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops.

This Regulation hereby establishes a system of area payments for producers of arable crops, Community producers of arable crops may apply for an area payment under the conditions set out in this Regulation. The area payment shall be fixed on a per hectare basis and regionally differentiated. Producers applying for the area payment shall be subject to an obligation to set aside part of the land of their holding from production and shall receive compensation for this obligation. For the purpose of setting average yields to be used for calculation of the area payment, each Member State shall establish a regionalisation plan setting out the relevant objective criteria for determination of the separate production regions in order to arrive at distinct homogeneous areas. Member States may also apply a different yield figure for maize than for other cereals in their regionalisation plans. (15 articles and 1 Annex)