Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2007Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2007

of 22 May 2007

establishing the maximum Community contribution to financing the work programmes in the olive oil sector and fixing, for 2007, budgetary ceilings for the partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme and the annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme, provided for in 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 64(2), 70(2), 110i(3) and (4), 143b(3) and 145(i) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) For the Member State implementing the Single Payment Scheme provided for in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2007, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of that Regulation should be fixed for 2007 under the conditions laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 5 of Title III of that Regulation.

(2) For the Member States making use, in 2007, 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 2007.

(3) 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 reduction of the coefficient referred to in the third subparagraph of the same provision and to the amount withheld under Article 110i(4), notified by the Member States concerned. The national ceilings set in Annex VIIIa to that Regulation should be adjusted accordingly.

(4) For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the budgetary ceilings for the Single Payment Scheme for 2007 after deduction, from the 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.

(5) For Member States implementing in 2007 the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Title IVa of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the annual financial envelopes for 2007 should be fixed in accordance with Article 143b(3) of that Regulation.

(6) For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2007 under Article 143ba of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established on the basis of their notifications.

(7) 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.

(8) Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be amended accordingly.

(9) 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 U.K.

1. The budgetary ceilings for 2007 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 2007 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 the single payment scheme for 2007 referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

4. The annual financial envelopes for 2007 referred to in Article 143b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

5. The maximal amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2007, as referred to in Article 143ba(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, are published in Annex V to this Regulation.

Article 2 U.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:

EUR million
Greece	11,098
France	0,576
Italy	35,991

Article 3 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is amended as follows:

1.

In the first subparagraph of Article 110i(3), the table is replaced by the following table:

‘EUR million
Spain	103,14
Cyprus	2,93’

2.

In Annex VIIIa, the columns concerning Malta and Slovenia are replaced by the following:

‘Calendar year	Malta	Slovenia
2005	670	35 800
2006	830	44 184
2007	1 668	59 026
2008	2 085	73 618
2009	2 502	87 942
2010	2 919	101 959
2011	3 336	115 976
2012	3 753	129 993
2013	4 170	144 110
2014	4 170	144 110
2015	4 170	144 110
2016 and subsequent years	4 170	144 110’

Article 4 U.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.

ANNEX I U.K.

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 66 TO 69 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

2007 Calendar year

(EUR thousand)
	BE		DK	DE	EL	ES	FR	IT	NL	AT	PT	SI	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					[F1 261 153]	[F2 734 416]			70 578	[F1 78 695]
Additional suckler cow premium	19 389					[F1 26 000]	[F2 0]			99	[F1 9 462]
Special beef premium			33 085									5 038	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	346	600
Sheep premium							66 455
Sheep and goat supplementary premium						55 795					7 184	119	200
Sheep supplementary premium							19 572
Aid for area under hops				2 277			98			27		99
Article 69, all sectors														3 398
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			[F1 1 681]	2 970	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					2 246	17 568		8 160			1 104
Article 69, dairy products						19 763

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2007 of 29 October 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2007, as regards the fixing of budgetary ceilings for 2007.

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 329/2008 of 10 April 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 552/2007 as regards the fixing of budgetary ceilings for 2007.

[F1 ANNEX II U.K.

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

2007 Calendar year

(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
Dairy premiums							12 608
Additional payments to milk producers							6 254	]

ANNEX III U.K.

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

2007 Calendar year

(EUR thousand)
Member State
Belgium	488 660
Denmark	987 356
Germany	5 693 330
Greece	2 069 049
Spain	3 542 583
France	6 107 448
Ireland	1 337 919
Italy	3 612 988
Luxembourg	37 051
Malta	1 668
Netherlands	730 632
Austria	643 956
Portugal	[F1 413 774]
Slovenia	50 454
Finland	521 285
Sweden	714 201
United Kingdom	3 931 186

ANNEX IV U.K.

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

2007 Calendar year

(EUR thousand)
Member State
Bulgaria	202 097
Czech Republic	355 384
Estonia	40 503
Cyprus	19 439
Latvia	55 815
Lithuania	147 781
Hungary	509 562
Poland	1 145 834
Romania	440 635
Slovak Republic	147 342

ANNEX V U.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

2007 Calendar year

(EUR thousand)
Member State
Czech Republic	24 490
Latvia	5 164
Lithuania	8 012
Hungary	31 986
Poland	122 906
Romania	1 930
Slovak Republic	14 762

(1)

OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 13).