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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 1U.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 2U.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
Greece11,098
France0,576
Italy35,991

Article 3U.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
Spain103,14
Cyprus2,93’
2.

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

‘Calendar yearMaltaSlovenia
200567035 800
200683044 184
20071 66859 026
20082 08573 618
20092 50287 942
20102 919101 959
20113 336115 976
20123 753129 993
20134 170144 110
20144 170144 110
20154 170144 110
2016 and subsequent years4 170144 110’

Article 4U.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 IU.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)
BEDKDEELESFRITNLATPTSIFISEUK
FlandersScotland
Area payments for arable crops372 6701 154 046
Durum wheat supplementary payment42 02514 820
Suckler cow premium77 565 [F1261 153] [F2734 416]70 578 [F178 695]
Additional suckler cow premium19 389 [F126 000] [F20]99 [F19 462]
Special beef premium33 0855 03824 42037 446
Slaughter premium, adults47 175101 24862 20017 3488 657
Slaughter premium, calves6 38456079 47240 3005 085946
Sheep and goat premium855183 49921 892346600
Sheep premium66 455
Sheep and goat supplementary premium55 7957 184119200
Sheep supplementary premium19 572
Aid for area under hops2 277982799
Article 69, all sectors3 398
Article 69, arable crops47 323141 7121 8785 840
Article 69, rice150
Article 69, beef and veal8 81054 96628 674 [F11 681]2 97010 11829 800
Article 69, sheep and goat meat12 6158 665616
Article 69, cotton13 432
Article 69, olive oil22 1965 658
Article 69, tobacco7 5782 353
Article 69, sugar2 24617 5688 1601 104
Article 69, dairy products19 763

Textual Amendments

[F1ANNEX 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 IIIU.K.

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

2007 Calendar year

(EUR thousand)
Member State
Belgium488 660
Denmark987 356
Germany5 693 330
Greece2 069 049
Spain3 542 583
France6 107 448
Ireland1 337 919
Italy3 612 988
Luxembourg37 051
Malta1 668
Netherlands730 632
Austria643 956
Portugal [F1413 774]
Slovenia50 454
Finland521 285
Sweden714 201
United Kingdom3 931 186

ANNEX IVU.K.

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

2007 Calendar year

(EUR thousand)
Member State
Bulgaria202 097
Czech Republic355 384
Estonia40 503
Cyprus19 439
Latvia55 815
Lithuania147 781
Hungary509 562
Poland1 145 834
Romania440 635
Slovak Republic147 342

ANNEX VU.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 Republic24 490
Latvia5 164
Lithuania8 012
Hungary31 986
Poland122 906
Romania1 930
Slovak Republic14 762
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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).