Council Regulation (EC) No 2011/2006Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 2011/2006

of 19 December 2006

adapting Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector and Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (hereinafter referred to as ‘2005 Act of Accession’), and in particular Article 20 in conjunction with Annex IV, and Article 56, thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) 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(1) amended inter alia the provisions on seed aid ceilings by reason of the 2004 accession and introduced direct support schemes for farmers in the sugar sector. Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(2) introduced common rules governing the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector from the marketing year 2006/2007. Regulation (EC) No 320/2006(3) established a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community.

(2) Those general rules and measures should be adapted to allow their implementation in Bulgaria and Romania as from the date of accession of those countries to the European Union.

(3) With a view to allowing Bulgaria and Romania to benefit from the support measures in the sugar sector provided for under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, it is appropriate to amend the national ceilings for Bulgaria and Romania, taking into account the additional amount of aid. In order to provide Bulgaria and Romania with the possibility of granting the sugar direct payment in the form of a separate direct payment, it is appropriate to amend the national ceilings on the sugar reference amounts. In order to apply the provisions on the separate sugar payment in Bulgaria and Romania it is appropriate to adjust the periods for implementation accordingly.

(4) With a view to allowing Bulgaria and Romania to integrate seed aid into the support schemes provided for under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, it is appropriate to add Bulgaria and Romania to the list of countries concerned by that measure.

(5) The 2005 Act of Accession and this Regulation both amend Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and those amendments should come into force on the same day. In the interest of legal certainty, the order in which those amendments are to be applied should be specified.

(6) With a view to applying in Bulgaria and Romania the mechanisms on a production quota system for sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup, as well as a traditional supply need of sugar for refining as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, both countries should be added to the list of countries benefiting from these measures. Further adaptations should also be made to that Regulation to take account the specific situation of Bulgaria and Romania.

(7) With a view to allowing operators in Bulgaria and Romania to participate in the restructuring scheme provided for in Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, that Regulation needs to be adapted.

(8) Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 318/2006 and (EC) No 320/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as amended, including by the 2005 Act of Accession, is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 71c, the following paragraph shall be inserted after the first paragraph:

‘In the case of Bulgaria and Romania, the schedule of increments provided for under Article 143a shall apply for sugar and chicory.’;

2.

Article 143ba shall be amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1, the text after the first sentence is shall be replaced by the following:

‘It shall be granted in respect of a representative period which could be different for each product of one or more of the marketing years 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 to be determined by Member States before 30 April 2006, and on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as:

• the quantities of sugar beet, cane or chicory covered by delivery contracts concluded in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 or Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as appropriate,

• the quantities of sugar or inulin syrup produced in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 or Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as appropriate,

• the average number of hectares under sugar beet, cane or chicory used for the production of sugar or inulin syrup and covered by delivery contracts concluded in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 or Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as appropriate.

However, where the representative period includes the marketing year 2006/2007, this marketing year shall be replaced by the marketing year 2005/2006 for farmers affected by a renunciation of quota in the marketing year 2006/2007 as provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006.

In the case of Bulgaria and Romania:

(a)

the date of 30 April 2006 referred to in the first subparagraph shall be replaced by 15 February 2007;

(b)

the separate sugar payment may be granted in respect of the years from 2007 until 2011;

(c)

the representative period referred to in the first subparagraph may be different for each product of one or more of the marketing years 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2007/2008;

(d)

where the representative period includes the marketing year 2007/2008, this marketing year shall be replaced by the marketing year 2006/2007 for farmers affected by a renunciation of quota in the marketing year 2007/2008 as provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006.’;

(b)

the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 3:

‘3a. For 2007, for Bulgaria and Romania, the date of 31 March referred to in the paragraph 3 shall be replaced by 15 February 2007.’;

3.

Annexes VII, VIIIa and XIa shall be amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 7(2), the following subparagraph shall be added:

‘For the purposes of this paragraph, in the case of Bulgaria and Romania the marketing year shall be that of 2006/2007.’;

2.

Article 9(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1. In the marketing year 2006/2007 an isoglucose quota of 100 000 tonnes shall be added to the total of isoglucose quota fixed in Annex III. In each of the marketing years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 a further isoglucose quota of 100 000 tonnes shall be added to the quota of the preceding marketing year. This increase shall not concern Bulgaria and Romania.

In each of the marketing years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 a further isoglucose quota of 11 045 tonnes for Bulgaria and of 1 966 tonnes for Romania shall be added to the quota of the preceding marketing year.

Member States shall allocate the additional quotas to undertakings, proportionately to the isoglucose quotas that have been allocated in accordance with Article 7(2).’;

3.

Article 29(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1. Notwithstanding Article 19(1), a traditional supply need of sugar for refining is fixed for the Community at 2 324 735 tonnes per marketing year, expressed in white sugar.

During the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009, the traditional supply need shall be distributed as follows:

• 198 748 tonnes for Bulgaria,

• 296 627 tonnes for France,

• 291 633 tonnes for Portugal,

• 329 636 tonnes for Romania,

• 19 585 tonnes for Slovenia,

• 59 925 tonnes for Finland,

• 1 128 581 tonnes for the United Kingdom.’

4.

Annex III shall be replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3 U.K.

In Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, the introductory words of the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘Any undertaking producing sugar, isoglucose or inulin syrup to which a quota has been allocated by 1 July 2006, or by 31 January 2007 in the case of Bulgaria and Romania, shall be entitled to a restructuring aid per tonne of quota renounced, provided that during one of the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 it:’

Article 4 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007 subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.

For the Council

The President

J. Korkeaoja

ANNEX I U.K.

Annexes VII, VIIIa and XIa to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are amended as follows:

1.

in point K 2 of Annex VII, Table 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Table 1

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

(EUR '000)
Member State	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 and subsequent years
Belgium	47 429	60 968	74 508	81 752	81 752	81 752	81 752	81 752	81 752	81 752	81 752
Bulgaria	—	84	121	154	176	220	264	308	352	396	440
Czech Republic	27 851	34 319	40 786	44 245	44 245	44 245	44 245	44 245	44 245	44 245	44 245
Denmark	19 314	25 296	31 278	34 478	34 478	34 478	34 478	34 478	34 478	34 478	34 478
Germany	154 974	203 607	252 240	278 254	278 254	278 254	278 254	278 254	278 254	278 254	278 254
Greece	17 941	22 455	26 969	29 384	29 384	29 384	29 384	29 384	29 384	29 384	29 384
Spain	60 272	74 447	88 621	96 203	96 203	96 203	96 203	96 203	96 203	96 203	96 203
France	152 441	199 709	246 976	272 259	272 259	272 259	272 259	272 259	272 259	272 259	272 259
Ireland	11 259	14 092	16 925	18 441	18 441	18 441	18 441	18 441	18 441	18 441	18 441
Italy	79 862	102 006	124 149	135 994	135 994	135 994	135 994	135 994	135 994	135 994	135 994
Latvia	4 219	5 164	6 110	6 616	6 616	6 616	6 616	6 616	6 616	6 616	6 616
Lithuania	6 547	8 012	9 476	10 260	10 260	10 260	10 260	10 260	10 260	10 260	10 260
Hungary	26 105	31 986	37 865	41 010	41 010	41 010	41 010	41 010	41 010	41 010	41 010
Netherlands	41 743	54 272	66 803	73 504	73 504	73 504	73 504	73 504	73 504	73 504	73 504
Austria	18 971	24 487	30 004	32 955	32 955	32 955	32 955	32 955	32 955	32 955	32 955
Poland	99 135	122 906	146 677	159 392	159 392	159 392	159 392	159 392	159 392	159 392	159 392
Portugal	3 940	4 931	5 922	6 452	6 452	6 452	6 452	6 452	6 452	6 452	6 452
Romania	—	1 930	2 781	3 536	4 041	5 051	6 062	7 072	8 082	9 093	10 103
Slovenia	2 284	2 858	3 433	3 740	3 740	3 740	3 740	3 740	3 740	3 740	3 740
Slovakia	11 813	14 762	17 712	19 289	19 289	19 289	19 289	19 289	19 289	19 289	19 289
Finland	8 255	10 332	12 409	13 520	13 520	13 520	13 520	13 520	13 520	13 520	13 520
Sweden	20 809	26 045	31 281	34 082	34 082	34 082	34 082	34 082	34 082	34 082	34 082
United Kingdom	64 340	80 528	96 717	105 376	105 376	105 376	105 376	105 376	105 376	105 376	105 376’

2.

Annex VIIIa is replaced by the following:

ANNEX VIIIa

National ceilings referred to in Article 71c

(EUR '000)
Calendar year	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Estonia	Cyprus	Latvia	Lithuania	Hungary	Malta	Poland	Romania	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	200 384	377 919	40 400	16 300	60 764	154 912	540 286	1 640	1 263 706	441 930	58 958	161 362
2008	240 521	469 986	50 500	20 400	75 610	193 076	672 765	2 050	1 572 577	530 681	73 533	200 912
2009	281 154	559 145	60 500	24 500	90 016	230 560	802 610	2 460	1 870 392	621 636	87 840	238 989
2010	321 376	644 745	70 600	28 600	103 916	267 260	929 210	2 870	2 155 492	710 441	101 840	275 489
2011	401 620	730 445	80 700	32 700	117 816	303 960	1 055 910	3 280	2 440 492	888 051	115 840	312 089
2012	481 964	816 045	90 800	36 800	131 716	340 660	1 182 510	3 690	2 725 592	1 065 662	129 840	348 589
2013	562 308	901 745	100 900	40 900	145 616	377 360	1 309 210	4 100	3 010 692	1 243 272	143 940	385 189
2014	642 652	901 745	100 900	40 900	145 616	377 360	1 309 210	4 100	3 010 692	1 420 882	143 940	385 189
2015	722 996	901 745	100 900	40 900	145 616	377 360	1 309 210	4 100	3 010 692	1 598 493	143 940	385 189
2016 and subsequent years	803 340	901 745	100 900	40 900	145 616	377 360	1 309 210	4 100	3 010 692	1 776 103	143 940	385 189”

3.

Annex XIa is replaced by the following:

ANNEX XIa

Seed aid ceilings in the new Member States referred to in Article 99(3)

(EUR million)
Calendar year	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Estonia	Cyprus	Latvia	Lithuania	Hungary	Malta	Poland	Romania	Slovenia	Slovakia
2005	—	0,87	0,04	0,03	0,1	0,1	0,78	0,03	0,56	—	0,08	0,04
2006	—	1,02	0,04	0,03	0,12	0,12	0,9	0,03	0,65	—	0,1	0,04
2007	0,11	1,17	0,05	0,04	0,14	0,14	1,03	0,04	0,74	0,19	0,11	0,05
2008	0,13	1,46	0,06	0,05	0,17	0,17	1,29	0,05	0,93	0,23	0,14	0,06
2009	0,15	1,75	0,07	0,06	0,21	0,21	1,55	0,06	1,11	0,26	0,17	0,07
2010	0,17	2,04	0,08	0,07	0,24	0,24	1,81	0,07	1,3	0,3	0,19	0,08
2011	0,22	2,33	0,1	0,08	0,28	0,28	2,07	0,08	1,48	0,38	0,22	0,09
2012	0,26	2,62	0,11	0,09	0,31	0,31	2,33	0,09	1,67	0,45	0,25	0,11
2013	0,3	2,91	0,12	0,1	0,35	0,35	2,59	0,1	1,85	0,53	0,28	0,12
2014	0,34	2,91	0,12	0,1	0,35	0,35	2,59	0,1	1,85	0,6	0,28	0,12
2015	0,39	2,91	0,12	0,1	0,35	0,35	2,59	0,1	1,85	0,68	0,28	0,12
2016	0,43	2,91	0,12	0,1	0,35	0,35	2,59	0,1	1,85	0,75	0,28	0,12
subsequent years	0,43	2,91	0,12	0,1	0,35	0,35	2,59	0,1	1,85	0,75	0,28	0,12”

ANNEX II U.K.

“ANNEX III

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL QUOTAS

(tonnes)
Member States or regions(1)	Sugar(2)	Isoglucose(3)	Inulin syrup(4)
Belgium	819 812	85 694	0
Bulgaria	4 752	67 108	—
Czech Republic	454 862	—	—
Denmark	420 746	—	—
Germany	3 655 456	42 360	—
Greece	317 502	15 433	—
Spain	903 843	98 845	—
France (metropolitan)	3 552 221	23 755	0
French overseas departments	480 245	—	—
Ireland	0	—	—
Italy	778 706	24 301	—
Latvia	66 505	—	—
Lithuania	103 010	—	—
Hungary	401 684	164 736	—
Netherlands	864 560	10 891	0
Austria	387 326	—	—
Poland	1 671 926	32 056	—
Portugal (mainland)	34 500	11 870	—
The autonomous region of the Azores	9 953	—	—
Romania	109 164	11 947	—
Slovakia	207 432	50 928	—
Slovenia	52 973	—	—
Finland	146 087	14 210	—
Sweden	325 700	—	—
United Kingdom	1 138 627	32 602	—
Total	16 907 591	686 736	0”

(1)

OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (OJ L 265, 26.9.2006, p. 1).

(2)

OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1585/2006 (OJ L 294, 25.10.2006, p. 19).

(3)

OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42.