1. In Chapter III, section I, subsection 1, the following Article 25a is added: "Article 25a 1. Support for the provision of farm advisory and extension services referred to in Annex VIII Section I D of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania can be granted to the authorities and bodies delivering these services to farmers. This concerns in particular drawing up business plans, assistance in making applications for rural development measures, advice and extension related to respect of good agricultural and environmental conditions and statutory management requirements provided for in Articles 4 and 5 of and in Annexes III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers; 2. The authorities and bodies selected to provide advisory and extension services to farmers shall avail of appropriate resources in the form of qualified staff, administrative and technical facilities and advisory experience and reliability with respect to the services to be provided. 3. For the period 2007-09, Bulgaria and Romania may implement, as regards the provision of advisory services to farmers, either this measure, or the measure "use of advisory services by farmers and forest holders" referred to in Article 20(a)(iv) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005."; 2. In Chapter III, section I, subsection 4, the following sentence is added to Article 37(2): "In Bulgaria and Romania the first call for proposals shall be organised no later than three years after the approval of the programme."; 3. In Chapter III, section I, subsection 4, the following Article 37a is added: "Article 37a In Bulgaria and Romania acquiring skills as referred to in Article 63(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 may cover also the costs related to building representative local development partnerships, drawing up integrated development strategies, financing research and preparing applications for the selection of local action groups. Such costs are eligible for potential local action groups."; 4. In Chapter III, Section 1, the following subsection 4a is added: "Subsection 4a Temporary additional measure for Bulgaria and Romania Article 39a Eligibility conditions for granting support under the measure foreseen in Section I point E of Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania "complements to direct payments" are defined by the Commission decision approving the complementary national direct payments."; 5. Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex to this Regulation.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 434/2007 of 20 April 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 by reason of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
1. in point 3.4, a new paragraph is inserted after the first paragraph: "For Bulgaria and Romania the description under the previous paragraph shall address the impact of the Sapard financial resources."; 2. in point 5.2, the first indent is completed by the following sentence: "For Bulgaria and Romania, reference to all ongoing operations/contracts, including in financial terms, and the procedures/rules (including the transitional ones) which apply to these in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 248/2007 OJ L 69, 9.3.2007, p. 5 .";----------------------OJ L 69, 9.3.2007, p. 5 .";3. in point 5.3.1.2.3, the following sixth indent is added: "— list of enterprises benefiting from a period of transition as referred to in section II paragraph 3 of Annex VIII of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.";
4. the title of point 5.3.1.4 is replaced by the following text "5.3.1.4. Transitional measures for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia"; 5. in point 5.3.1.4, the following point is introduced: "5.3.1.4.3. Provision of farm advisory and extension services in Bulgaria and Romania description of the type of advisory and extension services to be provided; the minimum requirements for the bodies responsible for the provision of these services; the procedures for the selection of these bodies.";
6. in point 5.3.4.3, the following third indent is added: "— For Bulgaria and Romania the minimum criteria for the definition of potential local action groups as referred to in Article 37a.";
7. the following point 5.3.5 is added: "5.3.5. Complements to direct payments Community contribution for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. Designation of paying agency.";
8. the following table is added for Bulgaria and Romania after point 6.2: "6.2 a. Financial plans by axis for Bulgaria and Romania (in EUR total period) Axis Public contribution Total public EAFRD contribution rate (%) EAFRD amount Axis 1 Axis 2 Axis 3 Axis 4 Technical Assistance Complements to direct payments Total" 9. in the nota bene after table 6.2a the following sentence is added:"For Bulgaria and Romania the correlation table in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 248/2007 shall be used for the identification of such expenditures"; 10. the following table is inserted for Bulgaria and Romania after table 7: "7a. Indicative breakdown by Rural Development Measure for Bulgaria and Romania (in EUR, total period) In order to verify compliance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 the distribution key between axes resulting from the local development strategies will be applied to the total allocation of Axis 4."; Measure/Axis Public expenditure Private expenditure Total cost Measure 111 Measure 112 Measure 121 Measure 1… Total Axis 1 Measure 211 Measure 212 Measure 221 Measure 2 … Total Axis 2 Measure 311 Measure 312 Measure 321 Measure 3… Total Axis 3 41 Local development strategies: — 411 Competitiveness — 412 Environment/land management — 413 Quality of life/diversification 421 Cooperation: 431 Running costs, skills acquisition, animation Total Axis 4 511 Technical Assistance of which amount for the national rural network (where relevant): (a) running costs (b) action plan
611 Complements to direct payments Grand total ----------------------In order to verify compliance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 the distribution key between axes resulting from the local development strategies will be applied to the total allocation of Axis 4."; 11. the following measure codes (143) and (611) are added to the table under point 7: "(143) provision of farm advisory and extension services in Bulgaria and Romania (611) complementary direct payments in Bulgaria and Romania."