Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed) (c. 73)

TITLE I U.K. SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1 U.K. Scope

This Regulation establishes:

(a)

common rules on direct payments;

(b)

an income support scheme for farmers (hereinafter referred to as the ‘single payment scheme’);

(c)

a transitional simplified income support scheme for farmers in the new Member States as defined in Article 2(g) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘single area payment scheme’);

(d)

support schemes for farmers producing rice, starch potatoes, protein crops, nuts, seeds, cotton, sugar, fruit and vegetables, sheepmeat and goatmeat and beef and veal;

(e)

a framework to enable the new Member States as defined in Article 2(g) to complement direct payments.