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:
| 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.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 583/2004 of 22 March 2004 amending Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, (EC) No 1786/2003 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder and (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union.
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.