Commission Regulation (EC) No 434/2007 (repealed)Show full title

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 is amended as follows:

1.

In Chapter III, section I, subsection 1, the following Article 25a is added:

‘Article 25a

1. Support for the provision of farm advisory and extension services referred to in Annex VIII Section I D of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania can be granted to the authorities and bodies delivering these services to farmers. This concerns in particular drawing up business plans, assistance in making applications for rural development measures, advice and extension related to respect of good agricultural and environmental conditions and statutory management requirements provided for in Articles 4 and 5 of and in Annexes III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers;

2. The authorities and bodies selected to provide advisory and extension services to farmers shall avail of appropriate resources in the form of qualified staff, administrative and technical facilities and advisory experience and reliability with respect to the services to be provided.

3. For the period 2007-09, Bulgaria and Romania may implement, as regards the provision of advisory services to farmers, either this measure, or the measure “use of advisory services by farmers and forest holders” referred to in Article 20(a)(iv) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.’;

2.

In Chapter III, section I, subsection 4, the following sentence is added to Article 37(2):

‘In Bulgaria and Romania the first call for proposals shall be organised no later than three years after the approval of the programme.’;

3.

In Chapter III, section I, subsection 4, the following Article 37a is added:

‘Article 37a

In Bulgaria and Romania acquiring skills as referred to in Article 63(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 may cover also the costs related to building representative local development partnerships, drawing up integrated development strategies, financing research and preparing applications for the selection of local action groups. Such costs are eligible for potential local action groups.’;

4.

In Chapter III, Section 1, the following subsection 4a is added:

‘Subsection 4a Temporary additional measure for Bulgaria and Romania

Article 39a

Eligibility conditions for granting support under the measure foreseen in Section I point E of Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania “complements to direct payments” are defined by the Commission decision approving the complementary national direct payments.’;

5.

Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 April 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission