(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.
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
Modified by
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2009of 25 September 2009amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and establishing budgetary ceilings for 2009 for the partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme, provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme and the budgetary ceilings applicable to transitional payments for fruit and vegetables and for specific support, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, 32009R0889, September 26, 2009
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 992/2009of 22 October 2009amending Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy, 32009R0992, October 23, 2009
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1250/2009of 30 November 2009amending 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, 32009R1250, December 19, 2009
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 360/2010of 27 April 2010amending Annex IV and Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy, 32010R0360, April 28, 2010
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 307/2011of 29 March 2011amending Annex IV and Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy, 32011R0307, March 30, 2011
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 785/2011of 5 August 2011amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the maximum guaranteed area for which the protein crop premium may be granted, 32011R0785, August 6, 2011
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 313/2012of 12 April 2012amending Annexes IV and VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy, 32012R0313, April 13, 2012
- Treaty betweenthe Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(Member States of the European Union)andthe Republic of Croatiaconcerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, 12012J, April 24, 2012
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 524/2012of 20 June 2012amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy, 32012R0524, June 21, 2012
- Regulation (EU) No 671/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 11 July 2012amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the application of direct payments to farmers in respect of the year 2013, 32012R0671, July 31, 2012
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 287/2013of 22 March 2013amending Annexes IV and VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy, 32013R0287, March 26, 2013
- Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013of 13 May 2013adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia, 32013R0517, June 10, 2013
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 929/2013of 26 September 2013amending Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy, 32013R0929, September 27, 2013
- Regulation (EU) No 1310/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 17 December 2013laying down certain transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), amending Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards resources and their distribution in respect of the year 2014 and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards their application in the year 2014Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 1310/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down certain transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), amending Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards resources and their distribution in respect of the year 2014 and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards their application in the year 2014(Official Journal of the European Union L 347 of 20 December 2013), 32013R131032013R1310R(03), December 20, 2013
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 320/2014of 27 March 2014amending Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy, 32014R0320, March 28, 2014
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 994/2014of 13 May 2014amending Annexes VIII and VIIIc to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II, III and VI to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 32014R0994, September 24, 2014
Corrected by
- Corrigendum to 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, 32009R0073R(03), February 18, 2010
- Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 1310/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down certain transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), amending Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards resources and their distribution in respect of the year 2014 and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards their application in the year 2014, 32013R1310R(03), May 19, 2016
(a) "farmer" means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, whatever legal status is granted to the group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within Community territory, as defined in Article 299 of the Treaty, and who exercises an agricultural activity; (b) "holding" means all the production units managed by a farmer situated within the territory of the same Member State; (c) "agricultural activity" means the production, rearing or growing of agricultural products including harvesting, milking, breeding animals and keeping animals for farming purposes, or maintaining the land in good agricultural and environmental condition as established in Article 6; (d) "direct payment" means a payment granted directly to farmers under a support scheme listed in Annex I; (e) "payments in a given calendar year" or "payments in the representative period" means the payments granted or to be granted in respect of the year/years concerned, including all payments in respect of other periods starting in that calendar year/years; (f) "agricultural products" means the products listed in Annex I to the Treaty, with the exception of fishery products, as well as cotton; (g) "new Member States" means Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia; (h) "agricultural area" means any area taken up by arable land, permanent pasture or permanent crops.
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