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TITLE IVU.K.OTHER AID SCHEMES

CHAPTER 1U.K.SPECIFIC QUALITY PREMIUM FOR DURUM WHEAT

Article 72U.K.Scope of application

Aid shall be granted to farmers producing durum wheat falling within CN code 1001 10 00, under the conditions laid down in this Chapter.

Article 73U.K.Amount and eligibility

1.The aid shall be EUR 40 per hectare.

2.Granting of payments shall be subject to the use of certain quantities of certified seeds of varieties recognised, in the production zone, as being of high quality for the production of semolina or pasta.

Article 74U.K.Areas

[F11. The aid shall be granted for national base areas in the traditional production zones listed in Annex X.

The base area shall be as follows:

Bulgaria

21 800 ha

Greece

617 000 ha

Spain

594 000 ha

France

208 000 ha

Italy

1 646 000 ha

Cyprus

6 183 ha

Hungary

2 500 ha

Austria

7 000 ha

Portugal

118 000 ha]

2.A Member State may subdivide its base area into sub-base areas in accordance with objective criteria.

Article 75U.K.Overrun of the area

1.Where the area for which aid is claimed exceeds the base area, the area per farmer for which aid is claimed shall be reduced proportionately in that year.

2.When a Member State subdivides its base area in sub-base areas, the reduction provided for in the paragraph 1 shall apply only to the farmers in sub-base areas where their limit have been exceeded. This reduction shall be made when, in the Member State concerned, the areas in sub-base areas, which have not reached their limits, have been redistributed to sub-base areas in which those limits have been exceeded.