Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER 3 U.K. CROP SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR RICE

Article 79 U.K. Scope

Aid shall be granted to farmers producing rice, falling within CN code 1006 10 under the conditions laid down in this Chapter.

Article 80 U.K. Amount and eligibility

1. The aid shall be granted per hectare of land sown under rice and where the crop is maintained until at least the beginning of flowering under normal growth conditions.

However, crops grown on areas which are fully sown and which are cultivated in accordance with local standards, but which do not attain the stage of flowering as a result of exceptional weather conditions recognised by the Member State concerned, shall remain eligible for aid provided that the areas in question are not used for any other purpose up to this growing stage.

[F1 2. The aid shall be as follows, according to the yields in the Member States concerned:

	Marketing year 2004/05 and in case of application of Article 71 (EUR/ha)	Marketing year 2005/06 and onward (EUR/ha)
Greece	1 323,96	561,0
Spain	1 123,95	476,25
France
— metropolitan territory	971,73	411,75
— French Guiana	1 329,27	563,25
Italy	1 069,08	453,0
Hungary	548,7	232,5
Portugal	1 070,85	453,75 .]

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.

[F1 Article 81 U.K. Areas

A national base area for each producing Member State is hereby established. However, for France two base areas are established. The base areas shall be as follows:

Greece	20 333 ha
Spain	104 973 ha
France:
— metropolitan territory	19 050 ha
— French Guiana	4 190 ha
Italy	219 588 ha
Hungary	3 222 ha
Portugal	24 667 ha.

A Member State may subdivide its base area or areas 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 82 U.K. Overrun of the areas

1. Where in a Member State the area given over to rice in a given year exceeds the base area indicated in Article 81, 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 or areas in sub-base areas, the reduction provided for in 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.