[F11. An aid shall be granted to each farmer of suckler cows within the limit of the individual ceilings established in application of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 or of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2.]
[F12. Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that the sum of premium rights on their territory does not exceed the national ceilings set out in paragraph 5 and that the national reserves referred to in Article 128 may be maintained.
Except in cases where Article 143b is applied, the new Member States shall allocate individual ceilings to producers and shall set up the national reserves from the overall number of rights to the premium reserved for each of these Member States as set out in paragraph 5, no later than one year after the date of accession.
After the end of the period of application of the single area payment scheme according to Article 143b and where Article 68(2)(a)(i) is applied, the allocation of the individual ceilings to producers and the setting up of the national reserve referred to in the second subparagraph shall take place no later than the end of the first year of the application of the single payment scheme.]
3.Where the adjustment referred to in paragraph 2 requires a reduction of individual ceilings held by farmers, it shall be carried out without compensatory payment and decided on the basis of objective criteria, including, in particular:
the rate at which farmers have used their individual ceilings during the three reference years prior to the year 2000,
the implementation of an investment or extensification programme in the beef and veal sector,
particular natural circumstances or the application of penalties, resulting in a non-payment or a reduced payment of the premium for at least one reference year,
additional exceptional circumstances having the effect that the payments made for at least one reference year do not correspond to the actual situation as established during the previous years.
4.Premium rights which have been withdrawn pursuant to the measure provided for in paragraph 2 shall be abolished.
[F15. The following national ceilings shall apply:
| a Applicable from the date of accession. | |
| b Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001. | |
| c Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001. | |
| d Without prejudice to the specific rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001. | |
| e To be increased on the expiry of Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 by the premiums resulting from the application of that Regulation in 2003 and 2004.] | |
| Belgium | 394 253 |
| Czech Republic a | 90 300 |
| Denmark | 112 932 |
| Germany | 639 535 |
| Estonia a | 13 416 |
| Greece | 138 005 |
| Spain b | 1 441 539 |
| France c | 3 779 866 |
| Ireland | 1 102 620 |
| Italy | 621 611 |
| Cyprus a | 500 |
| Latvia a | 19 368 |
| Lithuania a | 47 232 |
| Luxembourg | 18 537 |
| Hungary a | 117 000 |
| Malta a | 454 |
| Netherlands | 63 236 |
| Austria | 375 000 |
| Poland a | 325 581 |
| Portugal d e | 416 539 |
| Slovenia a | 86 384 |
| Slovakia a | 28 080 |
| Finland | 55 000 |
| Sweden | 155 000 |
| United Kingdom | 1 699 511 |
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.