Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 (repealed)Show full title

TITLE I SCOPE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

1. This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the implementation of the following support schemes provided for in Chapter 1 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009:

(a) crop-specific payment for rice provided for in Section 1 thereof;

(b) aid for starch potato growers provided for in Section 2 thereof;

(c) protein crop premium provided for in Section 3 thereof;

(d) area payment for nuts provided for in Section 4 thereof;

(e) seed aid provided for in Section 5 thereof;

(f) crop-specific payment for cotton provided for in Section 6 thereof;

(g) transitional fruit and vegetable payments and transitional soft fruit payment provided for in Sections 8 and 9 thereof;

(h) premiums in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector provided for in Section 10 thereof;

(i) beef and veal payments provided for in Section 11 thereof.

2. This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the implementation of the following support schemes provided for in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009:

(a) single area payment scheme (SAPS) provided for in Chapter 2 thereof;

(b) complementary national direct payments provided for in Chapter 4 thereof.

Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009(1) and in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009(2) shall apply.

In particular the definition of short rotation coppice in Article 2(n) of Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to SAPS.

Article 3 Cumulation of area payments

In a given year, no more than one application for an area payment listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 may be made in respect of any cultivated parcel.

Article 4 Notifications on farmers’ applications and payments

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

(a) by 1 September of the year concerned at the latest:

(i)

the total area for which the aid has been claimed in the case of:

• the crop-specific payment for rice provided for in Article 73 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009,

• the protein crop premium provided for in Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009,

• the area payment for nuts provided for in Article 82 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, by categories of nut trees,

• the crop-specific payment for cotton provided for in Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009,

• the single area payment scheme (SAPS) provided for in Article 122 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009;

(ii)

the total number of applications in the case of the sheep and goat premiums provided for in Article 99 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, by type of female and type of premiums;

(b) by 15 October of the year concerned at the latest, the total determined area in the case of the protein crop premium provided for in Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009;

(c) by 31 January of the following year at the latest:

(i)

the total determined area used for the calculation of the coefficient of reduction in the case of:

• the crop-specific payment for rice provided for in Article 73 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, broken down for by base area and sub-base area,

• the area payment for nuts provided for in Article 82 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, by categories of nut trees,

• the crop-specific payment for cotton provided for in Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009,

• the single area payment scheme (SAPS) provided for in Article 122 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009;

(ii)

the total number of male bovines in respect of which the special premium, provided for in Article 110 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, has been applied for, broken down by age bracket and type of animal (bull or steer);

(iii)

the total number of cows in respect of which the suckler cow premium, provided for in Article 111 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, has been applied for, broken down according to the schemes referred to in Article 111(2)(a) and (b);

(d) by 1 March of the following year at the latest, the total number of animals in respect of which the slaughter premium, provided for in Article 116 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, has been applied for and indicating whether the animals were slaughtered or exported, broken down by type of animal (calves, adults);

(e) by 31 July of the following year at the latest the total quantity for which the aid has actually been paid in the case of the seed aid provided for in Article 87 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, by seed species as listed in Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

2. In the notifications provided for in paragraph 1, the areas shall be expressed in hectares to two decimal places; the quantities shall be expressed in tonnes to three decimal places.

3. Where the information required under paragraph 1 change, in particular as a result of the checks or corrections or improvements of previous figures, an update shall be communicated to the Commission within 1 month after the occurrence of the change.

(1)

See page 1 of this Official Journal.

(2)

See page 65 of this Official Journal.