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 2529/20011, 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

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

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

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

  1. 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. 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

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

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 66 TO 69 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/20032007 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

F1261 153

F2734 416

70 578

F178 695

Additional suckler cow premium

19 389

F126 000

F20

99

F19 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

F11 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

F1ANNEX II

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/20032007 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

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME2007 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

F1413 774

Slovenia

50 454

Finland

521 285

Sweden

714 201

United Kingdom

3 931 186

ANNEX IV

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME2007 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

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE SUGAR PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143ba OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/20032007 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