Eurlexa

Article 1Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 is amended as follows:1.in Article 1, point "(h)" is deleted;2.Article 2 is amended as follows:(a)in the first and in the second subparagraphs of paragraph 1, the references to Article 1(h) are deleted;(b)in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, the reference to Article 1(h) is deleted;3.in Article 4, the reference to Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is deleted;4.Article 12 is replaced by the following:

"Article 12Dates for sowingTo be eligible for the crop-specific payment for rice, the declared area shall be sown at the latest:(a)on 30 June preceding the harvest in question, for Spain, France, Italy and Portugal;(b)on 31 May for the other producing Member States referred to in Article 80(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.";

5.Chapter 9 "Specific regional aid for arable crops" is deleted;6.in Chapter 13, the Section 2 "Deseasonalisation premium" (Articles 96, 97 and 98), the Article 117, the Subsection 2 "Extensification payment scheme" of Section 4 (Articles 118 to 119), the Section 6 "Additional payments" (Article 125) and the Article 133 are deleted;7.Article 126 is amended as follows:(a)paragraph 1 is amended as follows:(i)the third subparagraph is deleted;(ii)the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following:"The advance may not be paid before 16 October of the calendar year in respect of which the premium is applied for.";(b)paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:"2.The definitive payment of the premium shall be an amount equal to the difference between the advance payment and the amount of the premium to which the farmer is entitled.";8.in Article 127(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:"The date of submission of the application shall constitute the operative event for determining the year to which animals covered by the special premium and suckler cow premium schemes are allocated and the number of LUs to be used for calculating the stocking density.";9.Article 130 is replaced by the following:

"Article 130Determination of the individual quota for milkUp to the end of the seventh period laid down in Article 66 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.";, by way of derogation from Article 102(1)(a) of this Regulation, a Member State may decide that in the case of milk farmers who release or take over all or part of individual reference quantities with effect on 31 March or 1 April respectively in accordance with Article 65(i) and (k) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 or pursuant to national provisions adopted for the implementation of Articles 73, 74 and 75 of that Regulation, the maximum individual reference quantity of milk available to qualify for the suckler cow premium and the maximum number of suckler cows shall be determined on 1 April.

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OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.";10.in Article 131, paragraph 6 is deleted;11.in Chapter 14, Articles 136, 137 and 138 are deleted;12.in Article 140, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:"1.For 2009, Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 shall apply to the complementary national direct payment co-financed in Bulgaria and Romania in accordance with Section I point E of Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.";13.in Article 143, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:"1.Land set aside in the context of Article 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 may be used, in accordance with the first indent of Article 107(3) thereof, for producing raw materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human or animal consumption, under the conditions laid down in this Chapter.";14.in Article 145(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:"Any agricultural raw material, excepted arable crops listed in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, may be grown on the areas set aside pursuant to the first indent of Article 107(3) of that Regulation.";15.in Article 146(1)(a), the introductory words are replaced by the following:"use defined agricultural raw materials, with exception of arable crops listed in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, providing that all appropriate control measures are complied with:";16.in Article 147, paragraph 5 is deleted;17.Article 149 is deleted;18.in Article 158, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:"4.A percentage of the security shall be released for each raw material on condition that the competent authority of the collector or first processor concerned is in possession of proof that the quantity of raw material in question has been processed in accordance with the uses referred to in Article 147(2)(f), account being taken, where necessary, of any changes pursuant to Article 152.";19.in Article 159, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:"1.The obligation to process the quantities of raw materials principally into the end products specified in the contract and that the raw materials shall be processed by 31 July of the second year following that of harvest shall constitute primary requirements within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.";20.in Annex XVI, the figure for Spain is replaced by "6500";21.in Annex XVIII, points 2 "Deseasonalisation premium", 4 "Extensification payment" and 5 "Premium exempt from the density factor" are deleted;22.in Annex XXI, the figure referred to agricultural area under single area payment scheme for Slovakia is replaced by "1880".

Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply to aid applications relating to years starting from 1 January 2009.