Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (repealed)Show full title

[F1 Subsection II U.K. Submission and content of support programmes

Article 103k U.K. Submission of support programmes

1. Each producer Member State referred to in Annex Xb shall submit to the Commission a draft five-year support programme containing measures in accordance with this Section.

Support programmes that became applicable in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall continue to apply under this Regulation.

The support measures in the support programmes shall be drawn up at the geographical level which the Member States deem most appropriate. Before being submitted to the Commission, the support programme shall be subject to consultation with the competent authorities and organisations at the appropriate territorial level.

Each Member State shall submit one single draft support programme which may accommodate regional particularities.

[F2 This paragraph shall not apply to Croatia for the financial year 2013. Croatia shall submit to the Commission a draft five-year support programme for the 2014-2018 programme period.]

2. Support programmes shall become applicable three months after their submission to the Commission.

However, if the submitted support programme does not comply with the conditions laid down in this Section, the Commission shall inform the Member State thereof. In such a case, the Member State shall submit a revised support programme to the Commission. The revised support programme shall become applicable two months after its notification unless an incompatibility persists in which case this subparagraph shall apply.

3. Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to changes in respect of support programmes submitted by Member States.

4. Article 103l shall not apply where a Member State’s only measure in a support programme consists of the transfer to the Single Payment Scheme referred to in Article 103o. In such case, Article 188a(5) shall apply only in relation to the year in which the transfer takes place and Article 188a(6) shall not apply.

Textual Amendments

F2 Inserted by Treatybetween the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Republic of Croatia concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

Article 103l U.K. Content of support programmes

Support programmes shall consist of the following elements:

(a)

a detailed description of the measures proposed as well as their quantified objectives;

(b)

the results of consultations held;

(c)

an appraisal showing the expected technical, economic, environmental and social impact;

(d)

a schedule for implementing the measures;

(e)

a general financing table showing the resources to be deployed and the envisaged indicative allocation of the resources between the measures in accordance with ceilings provided for in Annex Xb;

(f)

the criteria and quantitative indicators to be used for monitoring and evaluation as well as the steps taken to ensure that the support programmes are implemented appropriately and effectively; and

(g)

the designation of competent authorities and bodies responsible for implementing the support programme.

Article 103m U.K. Eligible measures

1. Support programmes shall contain one or more of the following measures:

(a) Single Payment Scheme support in accordance with Article 103o;

(b) promotion in accordance with Article 103p;

(c) restructuring and conversion of vineyards in accordance with Article 103q;

(d) green harvesting in accordance with Article 103r;

(e) mutual funds in accordance with Article 103s;

(f) harvest insurance in accordance with Article 103t;

(g) investments in accordance with Article 103u;

(h) by-product distillation in accordance with Article 103v;

(i) potable alcohol distillation in accordance with Article 103w;

(j) crisis distillation in accordance with Article 103x;

(k) use of concentrated grape must in accordance with Article 103y.

2. Support programmes shall not contain other measures than the ones listed in Articles 103o to 103y.

Article 103n U.K. General rules concerning support programmes

1. The allocation of the available Community funds as well as the budgetary limits are provided for in Annex Xb.

[F3 1a. By 1 August 2013 , Member States may decide to reduce, from 2015, the amount available for the support programmes referred to in Annex Xb, in order to increase their national ceilings for direct payments referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

The amount resulting from the decrease referred to in the first subparagraph shall definitively remain in the national ceilings for direct payments referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and shall no longer be available for the measures listed in Articles 103p to 103y.]

2. Community support shall only relate to eligible expenditure incurred after the submission of the relevant support programme as referred to in Article 103k(1).

3. Member States shall not contribute to the costs of measures financed by the Community under the support programmes.

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, Member States may grant national aid in accordance with the relevant Community rules on State aid for the measures referred to in Articles 103p, 103t and 103u.

The maximum aid rate as laid down in the relevant Community rules on State aids shall apply to the global public financing, including both Community and national funds.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 1028/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the regime of the single payment scheme and support to vine-growers.