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TITLE I U.K. AREA AID

CHAPTER I U.K. General arrangements

Article 1 U.K. Scope

This chapter lays down detailed rules for applying the following aid schemes:

(a)

area aid for the cultivation of potatoes for human consumption as provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001;

(b)

area aid for the cultivation of sugar cane as provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001;

(c)

area aid for the cultivation of wicker as provided for in Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001;

(d)

area aid for the cultivation of sugarbeet as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001;

(e)

aid per hectare for the cultivation of seed potatoes as provided for in Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001;

(f)

area aid for the cultivation of chicory as provided for in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001;

(g)

area aid for the cultivation of tea as provided for in Article 30(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001;

(h)

area aid for the cultivation of potatoes for human consumption as provided for in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001.

Article 2 U.K. Entitlement to aid

1. The aid referred to in Article 1 shall be paid each calendar year for areas:

(a) which have been planted and for which all normal cultivation work has been carried out;

(b) for which an aid application has been lodged in accordance with Article 54.

In addition, for the aid referred to in Article 1(d):

• prior to harvesting, sugarbeet producers shall make a declaration to the competent authorities of the areas sown,

• the areas eligible for aid shall be at least 0,3 hectare for each producer,

• the production of beet per hectare may not be less than 25 tonnes,

• the beet must be delivered for processing before the aid is paid,

• processors must inform the competent authorities of the quantity of beet delivered by each producer.

2. The aid referred to in Article 1(h) may be paid twice a year for two harvests on the same land.

Article 3 U.K. Reductions

1. Where the area covered by aid applications exceeds the maximum area fixed, the aid shall be granted to applicant producers in proportion to the areas stated in their applications.

In order to check that the maximum area referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 has been complied with where cultivation aid is granted twice in a given year for the same area, that area shall be multiplied by two.

2. Areas sown to both a perennial and a seasonal crop at the same time may qualify for aid as referred to in Article 1 provided the seasonal crop can be cultivated in conditions comparable to those of areas dedicated to perennial crops.

For the purposes of calculating the area eligible for the aid, only the area used for the seasonal crop shall be taken into account.

CHAPTER II U.K. Quality wines psr of Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands

Article 4 U.K. Entitlement to aid

1. The aid provided for in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 shall be granted only to areas which:

• have been entirely cultivated and harvested and on which all normal cultivation work has been carried out, and

• the produce from which is covered by harvest declarations as provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001(1).

2. For the purposes of determining the producers to whom the aid is to be paid:

• the transitional period referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 and Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 for payment to individual producers shall expire on 31 July 2007,

• producer organisations shall be those referred to in Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(2). The Member States concerned shall lay down the criteria which producer groups must meet to qualify for the aid and shall notify the Commission thereof.

Article 5 U.K. Aid applications

1. Applications for area aid shall be submitted by the person concerned to the competent authority during the period determined by the latter and not later than 15 May each year for the following wine year.

2. Aid applications shall contain at least the following:

(a) the surname, forename and address of the wine-grower, or wine-growing group or organisation;

(b) the areas cultivated for the production of quality wines psr, in hectares and ares with the land register reference for those areas or information recognised as equivalent by the body responsible for checking the areas;

(c) the grape variety used;

(d) an estimate of the production that may be harvested.

Article 6 U.K. Payment of the aid

After having established the actual harvest and yield for the areas concerned, the Member State shall pay the aid by 1 April of the wine year for which the aid is granted.

(1)

OJ L 176, 29.6.2001, p. 14.

(2)

OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.