Commission Regulation (EC) No 1156/2006
of 28 July 2006
establishing for 2006 budgetary ceilings for partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme, annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme and maximum amounts for granting separate sugar payments provided for under Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and amending 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) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001, and in particular Articles 41(1) and (1)(a), 64(2), 70(2), 71(2), 110i(3) and (4), 110l(1), 143b(3), 145(i), and 155,
OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 319/2006 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 32).
Whereas:
(1) For the Member States making use of the option provided for in Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the national ceilings set in Annex VIII to that Regulation should be revised on the basis of the information communicated under Article 145(i) thereof.
(2) The Community’s financial contribution towards support programmes of specific measures to assist livestock farming in outermost regions is provided for as from 2006 in Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union. The Member States concerned should in consequence deduct from the national ceilings set in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 the amount of the contribution corresponding to those specific measures initially included in Annex VIII.
OJ L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation amended by Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1).
(3) The national ceilings set under point K(2) of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be adjusted to take into account the most recent data on chicory and the national ceilings set in Annex VIII to that Regulation should be amended accordingly, without however changing the overall amounts.
(4) The ceilings set in point K(2) of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should also be amended to take into account the quantities of quotas sugar and quota inulin syrup which were produced in one Member State from beet and chicory grown in another Member State during the 2000/01 to 2005/06 marketing years. The national ceilings set in Annexes VIII and VIIIa to that Regulation should be amended accordingly.
(5) For Member States implementing the Single Payment Scheme provided for in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2006, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of that Regulation should be fixed for 2006 under the conditions laid down in Section 2 of Title III.
(6) For the Member States making use, in 2006, 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 2006.
(7) 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 Annex VI to that Regulation should be fixed for 2006.
(8) The maximum amount of aid for olive groves referred to in Article 110i(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be adjusted according to the value of the coefficient referred to in Annex VII(H) and the amount withheld under Article 110i(4), notified by the Member States concerned, and the national ceilings set in Annex VIII should be adjusted accordingly. No amount should be fixed for Member States that have decided to set at 1 the coefficient provided for under Annex VII(H).
(9) The maximum amount of Community contribution to the financing of work programmes drawn up by certified organisations of operators in the olive oil sector should be set, according to the coefficient applied to the amount withheld under Article 110(i)(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, notified by the Member States concerned.
(10) The maximum amount of aid for tobacco referred to in Article 110l(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be adjusted according to the value of the coefficient referred to in Annex VII(I), notified by the Member States concerned, and the national ceilings set in Annex VIII to that Regulation should be adjusted accordingly. No amount should be fixed for Member States that have decided to set at 1 the coefficient provided for under Annex VII(I).
(11) For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the budgetary ceilings for the Single Payment Scheme for 2006 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.
(12) The maximum amount of funds available to Member States having joined the European Union in 2004 and applying the Single Area Payment Scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2006 under Article 143ba of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be established on the basis of their notifications.
(13) For Member States having joined the European Union in 2004 and implementing the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Title IVa of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2006, the annual financial envelopes for 2006 should be fixed in accordance with Article 143b(3) of that Regulation.
(14) Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be amended accordingly.
(15) 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 1 The budgetary ceilings for 2006 referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2 The budgetary ceilings for 2006 referred to in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3 The budgetary ceilings for 2006 referred to in Article 71(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
4 The budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme for 2006 referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
5 The annual financial envelopes for 2006 referred to in Article 143b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex V to this Regulation.
6 The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for granting separate sugar payment in 2006, as referred to in Article 143ba(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, are set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.
Article 2 The maximum Community contribution to financing the work programmes drawn up by certified operators in the olive oil sector under Article 110i(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be as follows:
(in EUR million)	
Greece	11,098
France	0,576
Italy	35,991
Article 3 Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 110i(3), first subparagraph, the table is replaced by the following table:
(in EUR million)	
Spain	103,14
Cyprus	2,93
Malta	0,07
Slovenia	0,17
2. In Article 110l(1) the table is replaced by the following table:
(in EUR million)	
	2006-2009
Germany	21,287
Spain	70,599
France	48,217
Italy (except Apulia)	189,366
Portugal	8,468
3. In Annex VII, point K(2), table 1 is replaced by the table contained in Annex VII to this Regulation.
4. Annex VIII is replaced by the text contained in Annex VIII to this Regulation.
5. Annex VIIIa is replaced by the text contained in Annex IX to this Regulation.
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, 28 July 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 66 TO 69 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
2006 Calendar year
(Amount in EUR thousand)														
	BE		DK	DE	EL	ES	FR	IT	NL	AT	PT	FI	SE	UK
		Flanders												Scotland
Area payments for arable crops						372 670	1 154 046							
Durum wheat supplementary payment						42 025	14 820							
Suckler cow premium	77 565					260 242	733 137			70 578	79 031			
Additional suckler cow premium	19 389					26 911	1 279			99	9 503			
Special beef premium			33 085									24 420	37 446	
Slaughter premium, adults						47 175	101 248		62 200	17 348	8 657			
Slaughter premium, calves		6 384				560	79 472		40 300	5 085	946			
Sheep and goat premium			855			183 499					21 892	600		
Sheep premium							66 455							
Sheep and goat supplementary premium						55 795					7 184	200		
Supplementary sheep premium							19 572							
Aid for area under hops				2 277			98			27				
Article 69, all sectors													3 020	
Article 69, arable crops					47 323			141 712			1 878	5 840		
Article 69, rice											150			
Article 69, beef and veal					8 810	54 966		28 674			1 684	10 118		29 800
Article 69, sheep and goat meat					12 615			8 665			616			
Article 69, cotton						13 432								
Article 69, olive oil					22 196						5 658			
Article 69, tobacco					7 578	2 353								
Article 69, sugar					1 794	16 150		6 389			1 005			
Article 69, dairy products						19 763								
ANNEX II

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
2006 Calendar year
(Amount in EUR thousand)								
	Belgium	Greece	Spain	France	Italy	Netherlands	Portugal	Finland
Article 70(1)(a)
Aid for seeds	1 397	1 400	10 347	2 310	13 321	726	272	1 150
Article 70(1)(b)
Arable crops payments			23					
Grain legumes aid			1					
Crop specific aid for rice				3 053				
Tobacco aid							166	
ANNEX III

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 71 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
2006 Calendar year
(Amount in EUR thousand)		
	Malta	Slovenia
Area payments for arable crops	203	14 550
Aid for seeds	34	40
Suckler cow premium	31	6 050
Additional suckler cow premium	4	730
Special beef premium	235	6 780
Slaughter premium, adults	168	4 510
Slaughter premium, calves		630
Beef extensification payment		6 250
Additional payments to beef producers	22	1 040
Sheep and goat premium	62	610
Sheep and goat supplementary premium	21	210
Additional payments to sheep and goat producers	3	30
Olive oil	47	120
Aid for area under hops		350
Sugar		2 284
ANNEX IV

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME
2006 Calendar year
(Amount in EUR thousand)	
Member State	
Belgium	475 641
Denmark	981 539
Germany	5 644 898
Greece	2 041 887
Spain	3 529 453
France	6 060 555
Ireland	1 335 311
Italy	3 593 132
Luxembourg	36 602
Netherlands	325 103
Austria	540 440
Portugal	365 645
Finland	519 628
Sweden	630 451
United Kingdom	3 914 945
ANNEX V

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME
2006 Calendar year
(Amount in EUR thousand)	
Member State	
Czech Republic	310 457
Estonia	35 150
Cyprus	17 236
Latvia	48 429
Lithuania	128 534
Hungary	445 499
Poland	997 483
Slovak Republic	128 640
ANNEX VI

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE SUGAR PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143ba OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
2006 Calendar year
(Amount in EUR thousand)	
Member State	
Czech Republic	19 130
Latvia	4 219
Lithuania	6 547
Hungary	26 105
Poland	99 135
Slovakia	11 813
ANNEX VII

‘Table 1
Ceilings for amounts to be included in the reference amount of farmers
(Amount in EUR thousand)				
Member State	2006	2007	2008	2009 and subsequent years
Belgium	47 429	60 968	74 508	81 752
Czech Republic	27 851	34 319	40 786	44 245
Denmark	19 314	25 296	31 278	34 478
Germany	154 974	203 607	252 240	278 254
Greece	17 941	22 455	26 969	29 384
Spain	60 272	74 447	88 621	96 203
France	152 441	199 709	246 976	272 259
Ireland	11 259	14 092	16 925	18 441
Italy	79 862	102 006	124 149	135 994
Latvia	4 219	5 164	6 110	6 616
Lithuania	6 547	8 012	9 476	10 260
Hungary	26 105	31 986	37 865	41 010
Netherlands	41 743	54 272	66 803	73 504
Austria	18 971	24 487	30 004	32 955
Poland	99 135	122 906	146 677	159 392
Portugal	3 940	4 931	5 922	6 452
Slovenia	2 284	2 858	3 433	3 740
Slovakia	11 813	14 762	17 712	19 289
Finland	8 255	10 332	12 409	13 520
Sweden	20 809	26 045	31 281	34 082
United Kingdom	64 340	80 528	96 717	105 376’

ANNEX VIII

ANNEX VIII

National ceilings referred to in Article 41
(Amount in EUR thousand)						
Member State	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010 and subsequent years
Belgium	411 053	580 376	593 395	606 935	614 179	611 805
Denmark	943 369	1 015 479	1 021 296	1 027 278	1 030 478	1 030 478
Germany	5 148 003	5 647 175	5 695 607	5 744 240	5 770 254	5 774 254
Greece	838 289	2 143 603	2 170 117	2 174 631	2 177 046	1 987 715
Spain	3 266 092	4 635 365	4 649 913	4 664 087	4 671 669	4 673 546
France	7 199 000	8 236 045	8 282 938	8 330 205	8 355 488	8 363 488
Ireland	1 260 142	1 335 311	1 337 919	1 340 752	1 342 268	1 340 521
Italy	2 539 000	3 791 893	3 813 520	3 835 663	3 847 508	3 869 053
Luxembourg	33 414	36 602	37 051	37 051	37 051	37 051
Netherlands	386 586	428 329	833 858	846 389	853 090	853 090
Austria	613 000	633 577	737 093	742 610	745 561	744 955
Portugal	452 000	504 287	571 277	572 268	572 798	572 494
Finland	467 000	561 956	563 613	565 690	566 801	565 520
Sweden	637 388	670 917	755 045	760 281	763 082	763 082
United Kingdom	3 697 528	3 944 745	3 960 986	3 977 175	3 985 834	3 975 849

ANNEX IX

ANNEX VIIIa

National ceilings referred to in Article 71c
(Amount in EUR thousand)										
Calendar year	Czech Republic	Estonia	Cyprus	Latvia	Lithuania	Hungary	Malta	Poland	Slovenia	Slovakia
2005	228 800	23 400	8 900	33 900	92 000	350 800	670	724 600	35 800	97 700
2006	294 551	27 300	12 500	43 819	113 847	446 305	830	980 835	44 184	127 213
2007	377 919	40 400	16 300	60 764	154 912	540 286	1 640	1 263 706	58 958	161 362
2008	469 986	50 500	20 400	75 610	193 076	672 765	2 050	1 572 577	73 533	200 912
2009	559 145	60 500	24 500	90 016	230 560	802 610	2 460	1 870 392	87 840	238 989
2010	644 745	70 600	28 600	103 916	267 260	929 210	2 870	2 155 492	101 840	275 489
2011	730 445	80 700	32 700	117 816	303 960	1 055 910	3 280	2 440 492	115 840	312 089
2012	816 045	90 800	36 800	131 716	340 660	1 182 510	3 690	2 725 592	129 840	348 589
Subsequent years	901 745	100 900	40 900	145 616	377 360	1 309 210	4 100	3 010 692	143 940	385 189