F1 CHAPTER 6b INTEGRATION OF TOBACCO, OLIVE OIL, COTTON, HOPS PAYMENTS, SUGAR BEET, CANE, CHICORY AND BANANA SUPPORT INTO THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

Article 48eRegional implementation

F21.

Where a Member State has made use of the option provided for in Article 59(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, all payment entitlements shall be increased by a supplementary amount corresponding to the increase of the regional ceiling in the corresponding year, divided by the total number of payment entitlements established in the region at the date for lodging an application for the single payment scheme at the latest.

2.

Where a Member State has made use of the option provided for in Article 59(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, without prejudice to Article 48 of that Regulation, a farmer shall receive a supplementary amount per payment entitlement.

The supplementary amount shall consist of the sum of the following:

F2(a)

the corresponding part of the increase of the regional ceiling divided by the total number of payment entitlements established in the region at the date for lodging an application for the single payment scheme at the latest;

(b)

the reference amount corresponding for each farmer to the remaining part of the increase of the regional ceiling divided by the number of payment entitlements that the farmer owns by the date for lodging an application for the single payment scheme in 2006 at the latest.

However, in case of set aside entitlements, the farmer shall receive only the supplementary amount calculated according to point (a) per set aside entitlement.