Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed)Show full title

[F1 CHAPTER 10C U.K. TOBACCO AID

Article 110j U.K. Scope of application

For the harvest years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 aid may be granted to farmers producing raw tobacco, falling within CN code 2401 , under the conditions laid down in this chapter.

Article 110k U.K. Eligibility

The aid shall be granted to farmers who received a tobacco premium payment in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2075/92 in the calendar years 2000, 2001 and 2002, and to farmers who acquired tobacco production quotas during the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2005 . The payment of the aid shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a)

the tobacco must come from a production area referred to in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 (1) ;

(b)

the quality requirements defined in Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 must be fulfilled;

(c)

the leaf tobacco must be delivered by the farmer to the premises of the first processor under a cultivation contract;

(d)

it shall be made in such a way as to ensure equal treatment between farmers and/or according to objective criteria such as location of tobacco producers in an Objective 1 region or the production of varieties of a certain quality.

Article 110l U.K. Amount

1. Where a coefficient of 0,6, resulting from the application of the coefficient of 0,4 laid down in Annex VII (I) is applied, the maximum amount of the total of the aid, including the amounts to be transferred to the Community Tobacco Fund referred to in Article 110m, shall be as follows:

[F2 (in EUR million)
	2006-2009
Germany	21,287
Spain	70,599
France	48,217
Italy (except Apulia)	189,366
Portugal	8,468]

Should Member States decide upon a decrease in the coefficient of 0,6, the maximum amount of the aid referred to in the above table, as well as Annex VIII, shall be adjusted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2).

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1156/2006 of 28 July 2006 establishing for 2006 budgetary ceilings for partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme, annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme and maximum amounts for granting separate sugar payments provided for under Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and amending that Regulation.

Article 110m U.K. Transfer to the Community Tobacco Fund

An amount equal to 4 % for the calendar year 2006 and 5 % for the calendar year 2007 of the aid granted in accordance with this Chapter shall finance actions of information under the Community Tobacco Fund provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2075/92.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 864/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and adapting it by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union.

(1)

[F1 OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2002 ( OJ L 306, 8.11.2002, p. 8 ).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 864/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and adapting it by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union.