Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 (repealed)Show full title

1. Introductory Text

2. CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

   1. Article 1. Subject matter and scope

   2. Article 2. Conditions for the payment

   3. Article 3. Communications

   4. Article 4. Coefficient of reduction

3. CHAPTER 2 SPECIFIC QUALITY PREMIUM FOR DURUM WHEAT

   1. Article 5. Variety screening

   2. Article 6. Analysis methods

   3. Article 7. Quantity of certified seeds

   4. Article 8. Publications and communications

   5. Article 9. Validity

   6. Article 10. Transitional measures

4. CHAPTER 3 PROTEIN CROP PREMIUM

   1. Article 11. Mixture of cereals and protein crops

5. CHAPTER 4 CROP SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR RICE

   1. Article 12. Dates for sowings

   2. Article 13. Coefficient of reduction

   3. Article 14. Communications

6. CHAPTER 5 AREA PAYMENT FOR NUTS

   1. Article 15. Eligibility conditions for Community aid

   2. Article 16. Eligibility conditions for national aid

   3. Article 17. Communications

   4. Article 18. Transitional measures

7. CHAPTER 6 AID FOR STARCH POTATO

   1. Article 19. Eligibility

   2. Article 20. Minimum price

   3. Article 21. Payment

8. CHAPTER 7 DAIRY PREMIUM AND ADDITIONAL PAYMENT

   1. Article 22. Cases of inactivity

9. CHAPTER 8 AID FOR ENERGY CROPS

   1. SECTION 1 Definitions

      1. Article 23. Definitions

   2. SECTION 2 Contract

      1. Article 24. Use of raw material

      2. Article 25. Derogations

      3. Article 26. Contract

   3. SECTION 3 Amendment and termination of contracts

      1. Article 27. Amendment and termination of contracts

      2. Article 28. Exceptional circumstances

      3. Article 29. Changes in end uses

   4. SECTION 4 Representative yields and quantities delivered

      1. Article 30. Representative yields

      2. Article 31. Quantities to be delivered

   5. SECTION 5 Conditions of payment of the aid

      1. Article 32. Payment

   6. SECTION 6 Contract and obligations on applicants and first processors

      1. Article 33. Number of processors

      2. Article 34. Contract and obligations on applicants and first processors

   7. SECTION 7 Securities

      1. Article 35. First processors

      2. Article 36. Primary and subordinate requirements

   8. SECTION 8 Documents for sale in, transfer to or delivery to another Member State or export

      1. Article 37. T5 control copy

      2. Article 38. Alternatives to the T5 control copy

   9. SECTION 9 Checks

      1. Article 39. Record keeping

      2. Article 40. Checks at the premises of processors

      3. Article 41. Hemp production

      4. Article 42. Additional measures and mutual assistance

   10. SECTION 10 Exclusion from the aid for energy crops and evaluation

       1. Article 43. Exclusion of raw materials from aid for energy crops and minimal cultivated area

       2. Article 44. Evaluation

10. CHAPTER 9 SPECIFIC REGIONAL AID FOR ARABLE CROPS

    1. Article 45. Sowing date

11. CHAPTER 10 SEED AID

    1. Article 46. Certified seeds

    2. Article 47. Production of seeds

    3. Article 48. Territorial eligibility

    4. Article 49. Marketing of seeds

    5. Article 50. Cannabis sativa L. varieties

12. CHAPTER 11 ARABLE CROPS AREA PAYMENT

    1. SECTION 1 General provisions for the eligibility for arable crops area payment

       1. Article 51. Eligible land

       2. Article 52. Conditions for payment

       3. Article 53. Regional amount

    2. SECTION 2 Special provisions covering certain arable crops

       1. Article 54. Silage grass

       2. Article 55. Durum wheat

       3. Article 56. Flax and hemp grown for fibre

       4. Article 57. Sowing date

    3. SECTION 3 Base areas, reference yields and ceilings

       1. Article 58. Irrigated and non-irrigated land

       2. Article 59. Base area overshoot

       3. Article 60. Durum wheat limited area overshoot

       4. Article 61. Definitive rate of areas overshoot and coefficient of reduction

       5. Article 62. Sub-base areas

       6. Article 63. Ceiling of the sum of the payments

    4. SECTION 4 Set-aside

       1. Article 64. Definition

       2. Article 65. Conditions

       3. Article 66. Regional breakdown

       4. Article 67. Legume crops

       5. Article 68. Payments on land voluntarily set-aside

    5. SECTION 5 Communications

       1. Article 69. Communications

13. CHAPTER 12 SHEEP AND GOAT PREMIUMS

    1. SECTION 1 Direct Payments

       1. Article 70. Applications and retention period

       2. Article 71. Areas eligible for goat premium

       3. Article 72. Application for supplementary premium and for the goat premium

       4. Article 73. Farmers practising transhumance

       5. Article 74. Eligibility

       6. Article 75. Inventory of farmers marketing sheep's milk or sheep's milk products

       7. Article 76. Notification

    2. SECTION 2 Limits, Reserves and Transfers

       1. Article 77. Rights obtained free of charge

       2. Article 78. Use of rights

       3. Article 79. Transfer of rights and temporary leasing

       4. Article 80. Change of individual ceiling

       5. Article 81. Farmers who do not own the land they farm

       6. Article 82. Transfer through the national reserve

       7. Article 83. Calculation of individual limits

       8. Article 84. Notification

    3. SECTION 3 Additional Payments

       1. Article 85. Additional payments

    4. SECTION 4 General Provisions

       1. Article 86. Conversion into national currency

14. CHAPTER 13 BEEF AND VEAL PAYMENTS

    1. SECTION 1 Special premium

       1. Article 87. Applications

       2. Article 88. Grant of premium

       3. Article 89. Passports and administrative documents

       4. Article 90. Retention period

       5. Article 91. Regional ceiling

       6. Article 92. Limits on the number of animals per holding

       7. Article 93. Granting at the time of slaughter

       8. Article 94. Details of the grant system

       9. Article 95. Notification

    2. SECTION 2 Deseasonalisation premium

       1. Article 96. Application of the premium

       2. Article 97. Entitlement to the premium

       3. Article 98. Applications

    3. SECTION 3 Suckler cow premium

       1. Article 99. Cows belonging to a meat breed

       2. Article 100. Maximum individual reference quantity

       3. Article 101. Retention period

       4. Article 102. Applications

       5. Article 103. Average milk yield

       6. Article 104. Additional national premium

       7. Article 105. Individual ceiling

       8. Article 106. Notification

       9. Article 107. Rights obtained free of charge

       10. Article 108. Use of rights

       11. Article 109. Transfer of rights and temporary leasing

       12. Article 110. Change of individual ceiling

       13. Article 111. Farmers who do not own the land that they farm

       14. Article 112. Transfer through the national reserve

       15. Article 113. Partial rights

       16. Article 114. Special scheme for heifers

       17. Article 115. Rounding-off of animal numbers

    4. SECTION 4 Provisions common to the special premium and the suckler cow premium

       1. Sub-section 1 General provisions

          1. Article 116. Applications for the special premium and the suckler cow premium

          2. Article 117. Stocking density

       2. Sub-section 2 Extensification payment scheme

          1. Article 118. Participation in the extensification payment scheme

          2. Article 118a. Determination of stocking density by way of census

          3. Article 118b. Simplified determination of stocking density

          4. Article 118c. Farmers in mountain areas

          5. Article 118d. Maximum number of dairy cows eligible for payment

          6. Article 119. General provisions

    5. SECTION 5 Slaughter premium

       1. Article 120. Member States may provide that in order to qualify for...

       2. Article 121. Applications

       3. Article 122. Weight and presentation of carcases

       4. Article 123. Premium beneficiary

       5. Article 124. National ceilings

    6. SECTION 6 Additional payments

       1. Article 125. National arrangements

    7. SECTION 7 General provisions

       1. Article 126. Payment of advances

       2. Article 127. Allocation year

       3. Article 128. Conversion into national currency

       4. Article 129. Penalties for the illegal use or holding of certain substances or products

       5. Article 130. Determination of the individual reference quantity of milk

       6. Article 130a. Determination of retention periods

       7. Article 131. Notification

    8. SECTION 8 Transitional and final provisions

       1. Article 132. Transitional provisions

       2. Article 133. Provisions applicable in the transitional period referred to in Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

15. CHAPTER 14 Single Area Payment Scheme

    1. Article 134. Minimum size of eligible area per holding

    2. Article 135. Agricultural areas

    3. Article 136. Application of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004

    4. Article 137. Single area payment application

    5. Article 138. Reductions and exclusions in respect of eligibility conditions

16. CHAPTER 15 COMPLEMENTARY NATIONAL DIRECT PAYMENTS

    1. Article 139. Coefficient of reduction

    2. Article 140. Controls and sanctions

    3. Article 141. Communications

    4. Article 142. State aid

17. CHAPTER 16 USE OF LAND SET ASIDE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RAW MATERIALS

    1. SECTION 1 Object and definitions

       1. Article 143. Purpose

       2. Article 144. Definitions

    2. SECTION 2 Contract

       1. Article 145. Use of raw material

       2. Article 146. Derogations

       3. Article 147. Contract

       4. Article 148. Raw materials which need not be covered by contracts

       5. Article 149. Soya bean meal equivalents for oleaginous by-products

    3. SECTION 3 Amendment and termination of contracts

       1. Article 150. Amendment and termination of contracts

       2. Article 151. Exceptional circumstances

       3. Article 152. Changes in end uses

    4. SECTION 4 Representative yields and quantities delivered

       1. Article 153. Representative yields

       2. Article 154. Quantities to be delivered

    5. SECTION 5 Conditions of payment of the aid

       1. Article 155. Payment

    6. SECTION 6 Obligations on collectors and applicants

       1. Article 156. Number of processors

       2. Article 157. Obligations

    7. SECTION 7 Securities

       1. Article 158. Securities lodged by collectors or first processors

       2. Article 159. Primary and subordinate requirements

    8. SECTION 8 Documents for sale in, transfer to, or delivery to another Member State or export

       1. Article 160. T5 control copy

       2. Article 161. T5 control copy for export

       3. Article 162. Alternatives to the T5 control copy

    9. SECTION 9 Checks

       1. Article 163. Record keeping

       2. Article 164. Checks at the premises of collectors and processors

       3. Article 165. Production of hemp

       4. Article 166. Additional measures and mutual assistance

    10. SECTION 10 Exclusion from the scheme and notifications

        1. Article 167. Exclusion of raw materials from the scheme

        2. Article 168. Minimum area

        3. Article 169. Notifications

18. CHAPTER 17 HOPS AREA AID

    1. Article 170. Additional payment to hop farmers

    2. Article 171. Payments to recognised hop producer groups

19. CHAPTER 18 FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 172. Repeals

    2. Article 173. This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day...

20. Signature

21. 1. ANNEX I

       TEST FOR BITTER LUPINS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(5)

       1. To be performed on a sample of 200 grains taken...

       2. The test is intended solely to provide qualitative evidence of...

       3. To prepare the iodine solution, dissolve 14 g of potassium...

    2. ANNEX II

       1. CROP-SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR RICE Calculation of the coefficient of reduction referred to in Article...

          1. 1. For the observation of a possible overrun of the base...

          2. 2. In establishing the total area for which aid applications have...

          3. 3. If an overrun is observed for certain base areas or...

          4. 4. The coefficient of reduction of the crop-specific payment for rice...

    3. ANNEX III

       CROP-SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR RICE

       1. A. Area sown for which an aid has been applied (provisional...

       2. B. Area sown for which an aid has been applied (definitive...

       3. C. Area sown for which an aid has been paid.

    4. ANNEX IV

       referred to in Articles 54(3) and 59(1)

       1. BASE AREAS

    5. ANNEX V

       referred to in Article 56(1)(b)

       1. Varieties of flax grown for fibre eligible for arable crops...

    6. ANNEX VI

       referred to in Articles 59(4) and 69(2)

    7. ANNEX VII

       Fodder legume referred to in Article 67

    8. ANNEX VIII

       CROPS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 57

    9. ANNEX IX

       1. INFORMATION TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMISSION referred to in Article 69(1)

          2. DATA Name of region: ………… Date: …………………… CROP no Application >...Date: …………………… CROP no Application > 92 tonnes Application <...

    10. ANNEX X

        AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIVING THE GOAT PREMIUM

        1. 1. Germany: all mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18...

        2. 2. Greece: the whole country.

        3. 3. Spain: the autonomous regions of Andalusia, Aragon, the Balearic Islands,...

        4. 4. France: Corsica, the overseas departments and all mountain areas within...

        5. 5. Italy: Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and...

        6. 6. Cyprus: the whole country.

        7. 7. Austria: all mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18...

        8. 8. Portugal: the whole country, with the exception of the Azores....

        9. 9. Slovenia: the whole country.

        10. 10. Slovakia: all mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18...

    11. ANNEX XI

        APPLICATIONS FOR EWE AND SHE-GOAT PREMIUMS

        1. MEMBER STATE. . . . . . . . ....

        2. YEAR . . . . . . . . ....

        3. DATE . . . . . . . . ....

        4. TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 31 JULY EACH YEAR

    12. ANNEX XII

        PAYMENTS FOR EWE AND SHE-GOAT PREMIUMS

        1. MEMBER STATE. . . . . . . . ....

        2. YEAR . . . . . . . . ....

        3. DATE . . . . . . . . ....

        4. TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 31 JULY EACH YEAR

    13. ANNEX XIII

        OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL RESERVE

        1. MEMBER STATE. . . . . . . . ....

        2. YEAR . . . . . . . . ....

        3. DATE . . . . . . . . ....

        4. TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 30 APRIL EACH YEAR

    14. ANNEX XIV

        PERIODS AND DEADLINES RELATED TO TRANSFERS OF RIGHTS AND PREMIUM APPLICATIONS

        1. MEMBER STATE. . . . . . . . ....

        2. YEAR . . . . . . . . ....

        3. DATE . . . . . . . . ....

        4. TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 30 APRIL EACH YEAR

    15. ANNEX XV

        LIST OF BOVINE BREEDS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 99

        1. Angler Rotvieh (Angeln) — Rød dansk mælkerace (RMD) Ayrshire Armoricaine...

    16. ANNEX XVI

        AVERAGE MILK YIELD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 103

    17. ANNEX XVII

        NATIONAL CEILINGS FOR THE SLAUGHTER PREMIUM REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 124(1) APPLICABLE FROM 1 JANUARY 2005

    18. ANNEX XVIII

        TABLE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 106(3) AND 131

        1. 1. SPECIAL PREMIUM

           1. Number of animals

           2. Number of producers

        2. 2. DESEASONALISATION PREMIUM

        3. 3. SUCKLER COW PREMIUM

        4. 4. EXTENSIFICATION PAYMENT

           1. 4.1. Application of the single stocking density (first subparagraph of Article...

           2. 4.2. Application of the two stocking densities (second subparagraph of Article...

        5. 5. PREMIUM EXEMPT THE DENSITY FACTOR

        6. 6. SLAUGHTER PREMIUM

           1. Number of animals

           2. Number of producers

        7. 7. SUCKLER COW QUOTA

    19. ANNEX XIX

        TABLE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 131, FOR THE APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH 5 THEREOF

    20. ANNEX XX

        MINIMUM SIZE OF ELIGIBLE AREA PER HOLDING UNDER THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

    21. ANNEX XXI

        AGRICULTURAL AREA UNDER THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

    22. ANNEX XXII

        RAW MATERIALS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 148

    23. ANNEXE XXIII

        1. End-products that may be manufactured from raw materials listed in...

        2. all products falling within Chapters 25 to 99 of the...