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14.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
316/41
REGULATION (EU) No 1028/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 25 October 2012
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the regime of the single payment
scheme and support to vine-growers
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
(5) Regulation
(EC)
No
1234/2007
should
therefore
be
EUROPEAN UNION,
amended accordingly,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Union, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 42 and
Article 43(2) thereof,
Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is amended as follows:
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national
(1) in Article 103n, the following paragraph is inserted:
parliaments,
‘1a. By
1
August
2013,
Member
States
may
decide
to
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
reduce, from 2015, the amount available for the support
Social Committee ( 1 ),
programmes referred to in Annex Xb, in order to increase
their national ceilings for direct payments referred to in
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the
Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
Regions ( 2 ),
The amount resulting from the decrease referred to in the
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ( 3 ),
first subparagraph shall definitively remain in the national
ceilings for direct payments referred to in Article 40 of
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and shall no longer be
available for the measures listed in Articles 103p to 103y.’;
(1) Article
103o
of
Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
1234/2007
of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation
(2) Article 103o is replaced by the following:
of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for
certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 4 )
provides for a possibility for Member States to grant
‘Article 103o
decoupled aid under the single payment scheme to
Single payment scheme and support to vine-growers
vine-growers. Several Member States have used this
specific support measure.
1. Member
States
may
decide,
by
1
December
2012,
to
provide support to vine-growers for 2014 by allocating
(2) However,
the
fact
that
Member
States
may
modify
payment entitlements within the meaning of Chapter 1 of
transfers to the single payment scheme from the
Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
support programmes once a year and that support
programmes have a five-year duration whilst payment
If the amount of the support referred to in the first
entitlements giving rise to direct payments are granted
subparagraph is greater than the amount of support that
for an indeterminate period of time has resulted in
was provided for 2013, the Member State concerned shall
administrative and budgetary burdens.
use the difference to allocate payment entitlements within
the meaning of Chapter 1 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No
(3) In
order
to
simplify
the
management
of
this
specific
73/2009 to vine-growers in accordance with point C of
support measure and to ensure its consistency with the
Annex IX to that Regulation.
objectives of the rules for direct support schemes for
farmers, it is appropriate to convert it into the possibility
2. Member
States
intending
to
provide
support
referred
for Member States to definitively decrease the funds
to in paragraph 1 shall make provision for such support in
allocated to the support programmes in the wine sector
their support programmes in accordance with
and thereby increase the national ceilings for direct
Article 103k(3).
payments.
(4)
It is appropriate to allow Member States to continue
3. The
support
for
2014
referred
to
in
paragraph
1
shall:
applying the support provided for in Article 103o of
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 for 2014.
(a) remain in the single payment scheme and no longer be
available under Article 103k(3) for the measures listed
( 1 ) OJ C 191, 29.6.2012, p. 116.
in Articles 103p to 103y;
( 2 ) OJ C 225, 27.7.2012, p. 174.
( 3 ) Position of the European Parliament of 11 September 2012 (not yet
(b) reduce proportionately the amount of funds available
published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of
4 October 2012.
for measures listed in Articles 103p to 103y in the
( 4 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
support programmes.’.

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Official Journal of the European Union
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of 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 Strasbourg, 25 October 2012.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
The President
The President
M. SCHULZ
A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

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