Commission Regulation (EC) No 118/2005Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 118/2005

of 26 January 2005

modifying Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and establishing budgetary ceilings for partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme and annual financial envelopes for Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in that Regulation

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) N 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001(1), and in particular Articles 64(2), 70(2), 71(2), 143b(3) and 145(i) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) For the Member States making use of the option provided for in Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and in function of the information communicated as referred to in Article 145(i) of that Regulation, the amounts of Annex VIII to that Regulation should be revised.

(2) For Member States implementing the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2005, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of that Regulation should be fixed for 2005.

(3) For the Member States making use, in 2005, of the option provided for in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings applying to the direct payments excluded from the single payment scheme should be fixed for 2005.

(4) For the Member States making use of the transitional period provided for in Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings applying to the direct payments listed in Annexe VI to that Regulation should be fixed for 2005.

(5) For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the budgetary ceilings for 2005 of the single payment scheme after deduction, from the revised ceilings of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 70 of that Regulation.

(6) For those of the Member States which acceded to the Community in 2004 and will implement the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Title IVa of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2005, the annual financial envelopes for that year should be fixed in accordance with Article 143b (3) of that Regulation.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for direct payments,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

1. The budgetary ceilings for 2005 referred to in Article 64(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be as set out in Annexes II and III to this Regulation.

2. The budgetary ceilings for 2005 referred to in Article 71(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be as set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

3. The budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme in 2005 shall be as set out in Annex V to this Regulation.

4. The annual financial envelopes for 2005 referred to in Article 143b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be as set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.

Article 3

The Member States choosing the regional implementation provided for in Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall communicate to the Commission the regional ceilings established by 31 December of the first year of implementation of the single payment scheme by 1st March of the following year.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

“ANNEX VIII

NATIONAL CEILINGS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 41

(EUR 1 000)
	2005	2006	2007, 2008 and 2009	2010 and subsequent
Belgium	411 053	530 573	530 053	530 053
Denmark	943 369	996 165	996 000	996 000
Germany	5 148 003	5 492 201	5 492 000	5 496 000
Greece	838 289	1 701 289	1 723 289	1 761 289
Spain	3 266 092	4 065 063	4 263 063	4 275 063
France	7 199 000	7 231 000	8 091 000	8 099 000
Ireland	1 260 142	1 322 305	1 322 080	1 322 080
Italy	2 539 000	3 464 517	3 464 000	3 497 000
Luxembourg	33 414	36 602	37 051	37 051
Netherlands	386 586	386 586	779 586	779 586
Austria	613 000	614 000	712 000	712 000
Portugal	452 000	493 000	559 000	561 000
Finland	467 000	467 000	552 000	552 000
Sweden	637 388	650 108	729 000	729 000
United Kingdom	3 697 528	3 870 420	3 870 473	3 870 473”

ANNEX II

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED UNDER ARTICLES 65 TO 69 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

Calendar year 2005

(EUR 1 000)
	Belgium		Denmark	Germany	Italy	Austria	Portugal	Sweden	United Kingdom
		Flanders							Scotland
Suckler cow premium	77 565					70 578	79 031
Add. suckler cow premium	19 389					99	9 503
Special beef premium			33 085					37 446
Slaughter premium, adults						17 348	8 657
Slaughter premium, calves		6 384				5 085	946
Sheep and goat premium			855				21 892
Sheep and goat suppl. premium							7 184
Hops				2 277		27
Article 69								2 869
Article 69, arable crops					142 491		1 885
Article 69, Rice							150
Article 69, Beef and veal					28 674		1 684		29 800
Article 69, Sheep and goat					8 665		616

ANNEX III

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

Calendar year 2005

a Aid for Triticum spelta L. (100 %) and aid for Linum usitatissimum L. (fibre flax) (100 %) excluded from single payment scheme.
(EUR 1 000)
	Belgium	Italy	Portugal
Article 70(1)(a)
Production aid for seeds	1 397a	13 321	272
Article 70(1)(b)
Arable crops payments			1 871

ANNEX IV

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE 71 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

Calendar year 2005

a Aids corresponding to premiums paid in animal sectors during the reference years 2000-2002 in the outermost regions have been deducted
(EUR 1 000)
	Greece	Finland	Francea	Malta	Netherlands	Slovenia	Spaina
Arable crops area payments 63 EUR/t	297 389	278 100	5 075 810	174	174 186	12 467	1 621 440
Arable crops area payments 63 EUR/t, POSEI							23
Specific regional aid for arable crops 24 EUR/t		80 700
Durum wheat supplementary payment (291 EUR/ha) and special aid for non traditional zones (46 EUR/ha)	179 500		62 828				171 822
Grain legumes aid	2 100		1 370				60 518
Grain legumes aid, POSEI							1
Seed aid	1 400	2 900	15 826	29	10 400	35	10 347
Suckler cow premium	25 700	9 300	734 908	26	10 900	5 183	279 830
Additional suckler cow premium	3 100	600	1 137	3		626	28 937
Special beef premium	29 900	40 700	379 025	201	20 400	5 813	147 721
Slaughter premium, adults	8 000	27 600	233 620	144	62 200	3 867	142 954
Slaughter premium, calves		100	69 748		40 300	538	602
Beef extensification payment	17 600	16 780	277 228		900	5 360	153 486
Additional payments to beef producers	3 800	6 100	90 586	19	23 900	889	31 699
Sheep and goat premium	180 300	1 200	133 716	53	13 800	520	366 997
Sheep and goat supplementary premium	63 200	400	40 208	18	300	178	111 589
Additional payments to sheep and goat producers	8 800	100	7 083	3	700	26	18 655
Payments to starch potato producers (EUR 44,216/t)		2 400	11 157		21 800
Area aid for rice (EUR 102/t)	15 400		10 770				67 991
Area aid for rice (EUR 102/t), French Overseas Departments			3 053
Dried fodder income payments	1 100	20	41 224		6 800		44 075
Add. beef and sheep premiums in Aegean Islands	1 000
Hops area aid			398			298	375

ANNEX V

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME IN MEMBER STATES OR REGIONS

Calendar year 2005

a Aid corresponding to premiums paid in animal sectors during the reference years 2000-2002 in the outermost regions has been deducted.
b Transfer of 10 000 suckler cow and additional suckler cow premiums to Azores as provided for in Article 147(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 deducted.
c To be replaced by regional ceilings communicated according to Article 3 of this Regulation
(EUR 1 000)
Member State and/or region
BELGIUMc Flanders Wallonia	306 318
DENMARK	909 429
GERMANYc Baden-Wurttemberg Bayern Brandenburg and Berlin Hessen Niedersachsen and Bremen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Nordrhein-Westfalen Rheinland-Pfalz Saarland Sachsen Sachsen-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg Thuringen	5 145 726
IRELAND	1 260 142
ITALY	2 345 849
LUXEMBOURG	33 414
AUSTRIA	519 863
PORTUGALa b	302 562
SWEDENc Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5	597 073
UNITED KINGDOMc England 1 England 2 England 3 Scotland Wales Northern Ireland	3 667 728

ANNEX VI

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

Calendar year 2005

(EUR 1 000)
Member State
Czech Republic	249 296
Estonia	27 908
Hungary	375 431
Latvia	38 995
Lithuania	104 346
Poland	823 166
Slovak Republic	106 959
Cyprus	14 274

(1)

OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2217/2004 (OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 1).