Commission Regulation (EC) No 674/2008 of 16 July 2008 modifying Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 and establishing budgetary ceilings for 2008 for the partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme and the annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
Commission Regulation (EC) No 674/2008of 16 July 2008modifying Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 and establishing budgetary ceilings for 2008 for the partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme and the annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 615/2008 (OJ L 168, 28.6.2008, p. 1)., and in particular Articles 64(2), 70(2), 143b(3), 143bc(1) and the second subparagraph of Article 143bc(2) thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the UnionOJ L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2007 (OJ L 284, 30.10.2007, p. 11)., and in particular the second sentence of Article 20(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishes, for each Member State, the national ceilings which cannot be exceeded by the reference amounts referred to in Chapter 2 of Title III of that Regulation.(2)Pursuant to the first sentence of Article 20(3) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006, Portugal decided to reduce the national ceiling of suckler cow premium rights for 2008 and subsequent years and to transfer the corresponding financial amount in order to strengthen the contribution made by the Community, in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006, to financing specific measures provided for under that Regulation. The national ceilings for Portugal for 2008 and for subsequent years, as set out in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should therefore be reduced by the amount to be added to the financial sums established in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 for 2009 and subsequent budgetary years.(3)For Member States implementing in 2008 the Single Payment Scheme provided for under Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of that Regulation should be established for 2008 under the conditions laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 5 of Title III of the Regulation.(4)For Member States making use of the option provided for in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings applicable to the direct payments excluded from the Single Payment Scheme should be established for 2008.(5)For the sake of clarity, the 2008 budgetary ceilings for the Single Payment Scheme should be published after the revised ceilings included in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 have been deducted from the ceilings established for payments referred to in Articles 66 to 70 of that Regulation.(6)For Member States implementing in 2008 the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Title IVa of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the annual financial envelopes for 2008 should be established in accordance with Article 143b(3) of that Regulation.(7)For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2008 under Article 143ba of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, established on the basis of their notifications, should be published.(8)For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme for granting separate fruit and vegetable payments in 2008 under Article 143bb of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, established on the basis of their notifications, should be published.(9)For Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme, the 2008 budgetary ceilings applicable to transitional payments for fruit and vegetables in accordance with Article 143bc(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, should therefore be established, on the basis of their notifications.(10)Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 247/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.(11)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1In Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the sums relating to Portugal for 2008 and subsequent years are replaced with the following figures:"200860822120096087512010 and subsequent years608447".
Article 2The figures relating to the Azores and Madeira for the 2009 budgetary year and subsequent years contained in the table in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 are replaced as follows:"200987,082010 and further87,18".
Article 31.The budgetary ceilings for 2008 referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are listed in Annex I to this Regulation.2.The budgetary ceilings for 2008 referred to in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are listed in Annex II to this Regulation.3.The budgetary ceilings for 2008 for the Single Payment Scheme referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are listed in Annex III to this Regulation.4.The annual financial envelopes for 2008 referred to in Article 143b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.5.The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2008, as referred to in Article 143ba(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, are listed in Annex V to this Regulation.6.The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for granting the separate fruit and vegetable payment in 2008, as referred to in Article 143bb(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, are listed in Annex VI to this Regulation.7.The budgetary ceilings for 2008 referred to in Article 143bc(1) and the second subparagraph of Article 143bc(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are listed in Annex VII to this Regulation.
Article 4This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 16 July 2008.For the CommissionMariann Fischer BoelMember of the CommissionANNEX IBUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 66 TO 69 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
2008 calendar year
(EUR thousand)
BEDKDEELESFRITNLATPTSIFISEUK
Arable crops area payments3726701154046
Durum wheat supplementary payment4202514820
Suckler cow premium775652611537344167057878695
Additional suckler cow premium1938926000999462
Special beef premium3308562982442037446
Slaughter premium, adults4717510124862200173488657
Slaughter premium, calves638456079472403005085946
Sheep and goat premium85518349921892432600
Sheep premium66455
Sheep and goat supplementary premium557957184149200
Supplementary sheep premium19572
Aid for area under hops22779827124
Tomatoes — Article 68b(1)107202811740179198416667
Fruit and vegetables other than tomatoes — Article 68b(2)1792093733431529700
Article 69, all sectors3421
Article 69, arable crops4732314171218785840
Article 69, rice150
Article 69, beef and veal88105496628674168137131011829800
Article 69, sheep and goat meat126158665616
Article 69, cotton13432
Article 69, olive oil221965658
Article 69, tobacco75782353
Article 69, sugar26971898599321203
Article 69, dairy products19763
ANNEX IIBUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
2008 calendar yearArticle 70(1)(a)Article 70(1)(b)
(EUR thousand)
BelgiumGreeceSpainFranceItalyNetherlandsPortugalFinland
Aid for seeds13971400103472310133217262721150
Arable crops payments23
Grain legumes aid1
Crop specific aid for rice3053
Tobacco aid166
Dairy premiums12608
Additional payments to dairy producers6254
ANNEX IIIBUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME
2008 calendar year
Member State(EUR thousand)
Belgium502200
Denmark993338
Germany5741963
Ireland1340752
Greece2234039
Spain3600357
France6159613
Italy3827342
Luxembourg37051
Malta3017
Netherlands743163
Austria649473
Portugal434232
Slovenia62902
Finland523362
Sweden719414
United Kingdom3947375
ANNEX IVANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME
2008 calendar year
Member State(EUR thousand)
Bulgaria248821
Czech Republic437762
Estonia50629
Cyprus24597
Latvia69769
Lithuania184702
Hungary641446
Poland1432192
Romania529556
Slovakia188923
ANNEX VMAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE SUGAR PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143ba OF REGULATION (EC) NO 1782/2003
2008 calendar year
Member State(EUR thousand)
Czech Republic34730
Latvia6110
Lithuania9476
Hungary37865
Poland146677
Romania2781
Slovakia17712
ANNEX VIMAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143bb OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
2008 calendar year
Member State(EUR thousand)
Czech Republic414
Hungary4756
Poland6715
Slovakia516
ANNEX VIIBUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR TRANSITIONAL PAYMENTS IN THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143bc OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
2008 calendar year
(1000 EUR)
Member StateCyprusRomaniaSlovakia
Tomatoes — Article 143bc(1)869509
Fruit and vegetables other than tomatoes — Article 143bc(2).4478