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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(1), 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,

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(2). 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.

(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 1U.K.

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 2U.K.

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)
Greece11,098
France0,576
Italy35,991

Article 3U.K.

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)
Spain103,14
Cyprus2,93
Malta0,07
Slovenia0,17
2.

In Article 110l(1) the table is replaced by the following table:

(in EUR million)
2006-2009
Germany21,287
Spain70,599
France48,217
Italy (except Apulia)189,366
Portugal8,468
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 4U.K.

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 IU.K.

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)
BEDKDEELESFRITNLATPTFISEUK
FlandersScotland
Area payments for arable crops372 6701 154 046
Durum wheat supplementary payment42 02514 820
Suckler cow premium77 565260 242733 13770 57879 031
Additional suckler cow premium19 38926 9111 279999 503
Special beef premium33 08524 42037 446
Slaughter premium, adults47 175101 24862 20017 3488 657
Slaughter premium, calves6 38456079 47240 3005 085946
Sheep and goat premium855183 49921 892600
Sheep premium66 455
Sheep and goat supplementary premium55 7957 184200
Supplementary sheep premium19 572
Aid for area under hops2 2779827
Article 69, all sectors3 020
Article 69, arable crops47 323141 7121 8785 840
Article 69, rice150
Article 69, beef and veal8 81054 96628 6741 68410 11829 800
Article 69, sheep and goat meat12 6158 665616
Article 69, cotton13 432
Article 69, olive oil22 1965 658
Article 69, tobacco7 5782 353
Article 69, sugar1 79416 1506 3891 005
Article 69, dairy products19 763

ANNEX IIU.K.

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)
BelgiumGreeceSpainFranceItalyNetherlandsPortugalFinland
Article 70(1)(a)
Aid for seeds1 3971 40010 3472 31013 3217262721 150
Article 70(1)(b)
Arable crops payments23
Grain legumes aid1
Crop specific aid for rice3 053
Tobacco aid166

ANNEX IIIU.K.

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)
MaltaSlovenia
Area payments for arable crops20314 550
Aid for seeds3440
Suckler cow premium316 050
Additional suckler cow premium4730
Special beef premium2356 780
Slaughter premium, adults1684 510
Slaughter premium, calves630
Beef extensification payment6 250
Additional payments to beef producers221 040
Sheep and goat premium62610
Sheep and goat supplementary premium21210
Additional payments to sheep and goat producers330
Olive oil47120
Aid for area under hops350
Sugar2 284

ANNEX IVU.K.

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

2006 Calendar year

(Amount in EUR thousand)
Member State
Belgium475 641
Denmark981 539
Germany5 644 898
Greece2 041 887
Spain3 529 453
France6 060 555
Ireland1 335 311
Italy3 593 132
Luxembourg36 602
Netherlands325 103
Austria540 440
Portugal365 645
Finland519 628
Sweden630 451
United Kingdom3 914 945

ANNEX VU.K.

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

2006 Calendar year

(Amount in EUR thousand)
Member State
Czech Republic310 457
Estonia35 150
Cyprus17 236
Latvia48 429
Lithuania128 534
Hungary445 499
Poland997 483
Slovak Republic128 640

ANNEX VIU.K.

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 Republic19 130
Latvia4 219
Lithuania6 547
Hungary26 105
Poland99 135
Slovakia11 813

ANNEX VIIU.K.

‘Table 1

Ceilings for amounts to be included in the reference amount of farmers

(Amount in EUR thousand)
Member State2006200720082009 and subsequent years
Belgium47 42960 96874 50881 752
Czech Republic27 85134 31940 78644 245
Denmark19 31425 29631 27834 478
Germany154 974203 607252 240278 254
Greece17 94122 45526 96929 384
Spain60 27274 44788 62196 203
France152 441199 709246 976272 259
Ireland11 25914 09216 92518 441
Italy79 862102 006124 149135 994
Latvia4 2195 1646 1106 616
Lithuania6 5478 0129 47610 260
Hungary26 10531 98637 86541 010
Netherlands41 74354 27266 80373 504
Austria18 97124 48730 00432 955
Poland99 135122 906146 677159 392
Portugal3 9404 9315 9226 452
Slovenia2 2842 8583 4333 740
Slovakia11 81314 76217 71219 289
Finland8 25510 33212 40913 520
Sweden20 80926 04531 28134 082
United Kingdom64 34080 52896 717105 376’

ANNEX VIIIU.K.

“ANNEX VIII

National ceilings referred to in Article 41

(Amount in EUR thousand)
Member State200520062007200820092010 and subsequent years
Belgium411 053580 376593 395606 935614 179611 805
Denmark943 3691 015 4791 021 2961 027 2781 030 4781 030 478
Germany5 148 0035 647 1755 695 6075 744 2405 770 2545 774 254
Greece838 2892 143 6032 170 1172 174 6312 177 0461 987 715
Spain3 266 0924 635 3654 649 9134 664 0874 671 6694 673 546
France7 199 0008 236 0458 282 9388 330 2058 355 4888 363 488
Ireland1 260 1421 335 3111 337 9191 340 7521 342 2681 340 521
Italy2 539 0003 791 8933 813 5203 835 6633 847 5083 869 053
Luxembourg33 41436 60237 05137 05137 05137 051
Netherlands386 586428 329833 858846 389853 090853 090
Austria613 000633 577737 093742 610745 561744 955
Portugal452 000504 287571 277572 268572 798572 494
Finland467 000561 956563 613565 690566 801565 520
Sweden637 388670 917755 045760 281763 082763 082
United Kingdom3 697 5283 944 7453 960 9863 977 1753 985 8343 975 849”

ANNEX IXU.K.

“ANNEX VIIIa

National ceilings referred to in Article 71c

(Amount in EUR thousand)
Calendar yearCzech RepublicEstoniaCyprusLatviaLithuaniaHungaryMaltaPolandSloveniaSlovakia
2005228 80023 4008 90033 90092 000350 800670724 60035 80097 700
2006294 55127 30012 50043 819113 847446 305830980 83544 184127 213
2007377 91940 40016 30060 764154 912540 2861 6401 263 70658 958161 362
2008469 98650 50020 40075 610193 076672 7652 0501 572 57773 533200 912
2009559 14560 50024 50090 016230 560802 6102 4601 870 39287 840238 989
2010644 74570 60028 600103 916267 260929 2102 8702 155 492101 840275 489
2011730 44580 70032 700117 816303 9601 055 9103 2802 440 492115 840312 089
2012816 04590 80036 800131 716340 6601 182 5103 6902 725 592129 840348 589
Subsequent years901 745100 90040 900145 616377 3601 309 2104 1003 010 692143 940385 189”
(1)

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).

(2)

OJ L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation amended by Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1).