Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 (repealed)Show full title

TITLE V U.K. NOTIFICATIONS AND FINAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Notifications

Article 50 U.K. Notification of decisions

1. Where a Member State makes use of the options provided for in Articles 28(1) and (2), 38, 41(2) to (5), 45(1) and (3), 46(1) and (3), 47(1) to (4), 48, 49, 51(1) and 67 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Article 11(2) of this Regulation, it shall notify the Commission of the details of the decision taken and the justification and objective criteria on the basis of which the decision of applying the option concerned has been chosen:

(a) for decisions applying for 2010, within two weeks of:

(i)

the date of entry into force of this Regulation; or

(ii)

the date on which the decision was taken if later than the date of entry into force of this Regulation; and

(b) by 1 August 2010 in other cases.

Where a Member State takes a new decision as regards the use of the options provided for in Article 41(2) to (5) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, it shall notify the Commission of the details of the decision taken and the justification and objective criteria on the basis of which the decision of applying the option concerned has been chosen within two weeks of the date on which the decision is taken.

2. Where a new Member State intends to terminate the application of the single area payment scheme in accordance with Article 122(3) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, it shall communicate to the Commission by 1 August of the year preceding the first year of application of the single payment scheme at the latest, the details of the implementation of the single payment scheme, including the options according to Articles 55(3), 57(3) to (6), 59(3) and 61 of that Regulation as well as the objective criteria on the basis of which the decisions have been taken.

3. Member States shall inform the Commission of the specific support measures they intend to apply by 1 August of the year preceding the first year of application of that measure.

The content of the information shall be provided in accordance with Part A of Annex IV, except for specific support measures for specific agricultural activities entailing additional agri-environmental benefits, which shall be provided in accordance with Part B of that Annex.

Article 51 U.K. Statistics and reports

The Member States shall notify the Commission of the following information by electronic means using the form made available to them by the Commission:

1.

by 1 September of the year concerned at the latest:

(a)

the total number of applications claimed under the single payment scheme for the current year, together with the corresponding total amount of the payment entitlements and the total number of accompanying eligible hectares; those data shall be broken down by regions in case of regional implementation of the single payment scheme. For the first year of application of the single payment scheme, the information shall be based on the provisional payment entitlements;

(b)

in case of application of measures under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Member States shall communicate the total amount of support claimed for the current year for each of the measures and, where applicable, sectors concerned;

2.

by 1 May of the following year at the latest, for the first year of application of the single payment scheme, the same information as referred to in point 1(a), but based on the definitive payment entitlements;

3.

by 15 September of the following year at the latest:

(a)

the total value of existing payment entitlements activated or not in the given year and the number of hectares required for activation. The information shall be broken down by type of entitlements and by regions in case of regional implementation of the single payment scheme;

(b)

definitive data on the total number of applications under the single payment scheme accepted for the preceding year and the corresponding total amount of the payments which have been granted, after application, as the case may be, of the measures referred to in Articles 7, 9, 11(1) and (2), 21, 22 and 23 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as well as the total sum of the amounts remaining in the national reserve by the 31 December of the preceding year and the total number of accompanying eligible hectares; those data shall be broken down by regions, were applicable in case of regional implementation of the single payment scheme;

(c)

as regards Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, for the preceding year, the total number of beneficiaries and the amount of the payments which have been granted per measure and where applicable for each of the sectors concerned; and

(d)

the annual report to be sent to the Commission by Member States on the implementation of Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 which shall contain the information listed in Annex V to this Regulation;

4.

by 1 October 2012 at the latest, a report on the specific support measures implemented in 2009, 2010 and 2011, their impact on their objectives and any problems encountered.

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Final provisions

Article 52 U.K. Repeal

Regulations (EC) No 795/2004 and (EC) No 639/2009 are repealed.

However, they shall continue to apply in respect of aid applications relating to premium periods starting before 1 January 2010.

Article 53 U.K. Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 7th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2010 except for Articles 11(2) and 50(1)(a), which shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.