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:
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.
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 |
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is amended as follows:
In the first subparagraph of Article 110i(3), the table is replaced by the following table:
| ‘EUR million | |
| Spain | 103,14 |
| Cyprus | 2,93’ |
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’ |
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.
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 | [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 | ||||||||||||||
Textual Amendments
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 | ] | ||||||
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 | [F1413 774] |
| Slovenia | 50 454 |
| Finland | 521 285 |
| Sweden | 714 201 |
| United Kingdom | 3 931 186 |
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 |
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 |
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).