DIFFERENCES IN SUPPLY AND LEVEL OF PREMIUMS FOR SELECTED EXTENSIFICATION PROCEDURES IN THE FIST PROMOTION PHASE OF THE REGULATION (EEC)-2078 92 IN THE FEDERAL-REPUBLIC-OF-GERMANY/

In the Federal Republic of Germany the Federal Government and the fede ral states 'Bundeslander' are both responsible for implementation and execution of Regulation (EEC) 2078/92. During the first five-year peri od 1993 to 1998 the regional implementation of the regulation and the different ways of financing have led to a high diversity of measures, conditions and premiums in the 'Lander'. Intraregional differences in selected extensification procedures as well as other interregional dif ferences described in this article give some indications for differenc es in promotion practice. The results are: We have a high variation of premium levels for the same or similar measures in different federal states. This becomes apparent in extensification procedures like organ ic farming, integrated control farming and promotion of renunciation o f fertilizer and pesticedes on arable land and permanent crops as well as promotion of extensification of grassland. Differences exist in pr ocedures of promoting the introduction and maintenance of measures. Th ese differences result from broad mix of significant factores and infl uencing regional competitive conditions. Furthermore, results show sig nificant differences in the premium level for certain measures which p otentially compete with one another. These are illustrated by a compar ison of organic farming, integrated control farming and promotion of r enunciation procedures. Results on intra- and interregional difference s in the premium level make clear that priorities with regard to same or similar measures are different in the federal states and it cannot be excluded that differences may have distortional impacts even on com petition of farmers within different regions. The future will show whi ch adaption steps the federal states are doing well in the next promot ion period.