Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (repealed)Show full title

Article 67 U.K. Advanced integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme

[F1 1.] Member States may decide, by 1 August 2009, to integrate the seed aid referred to in Section 5 of Title IV and the schemes referred to in point 1 of Annex XI, with the exception of the specific quality premium for durum wheat, into the single payment scheme in 2010 or 2011. In this case, the Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 141(2), shall adjust the national ceilings referred to in Article 40 by adding the amounts from Annex XII for the aid scheme concerned.

[F1 2. Member States having made use only in some parts of their territory of the option provided for in Section 1 of Chapter 5 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 to apply the single payment scheme at regional level may apply this Article at the same regional level.

Any Member State applying the possibility provided for in the first subparagraph shall submit the following information to the Commission, by 1 December 2009 :

(a) the breakdown per region of the amounts foreseen for the measure or measures concerned for the years 2010 to 2012 according to objective criteria;

(b) the statistical and other supporting data used to establish the amounts referred to in point (a).

Member States shall reply to any request from the Commission for further clarifications on the information submitted within one month.

The Commission shall use the amounts referred to in point (a) of the second subparagraph of this paragraph as a basis for adjusting the national ceilings referred to in Article 40 for the Member States concerned as provided for in this Article.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1250/2009 of 30 November 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers.