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

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 2529/2001 [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 Union [2], 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 1

In Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the sums relating to Portugal for 2008 and subsequent years are replaced with the following figures:

"2008 608221

2009 608751

2010 and subsequent years 608447".

Article 2

The 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:

"2009 87,08

2010 and further 87,18".

Article 3

1. 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 4

This 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 Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ 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).

[2] OJ 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).

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ANNEX I

BUDGETARY 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) |

| BE | DK | DE | EL | ES | FR | IT | NL | AT | PT | SI | FI | SE | UK |

Arable crops area payments | | | | | 372670 | 1154046 | | | | | | | | |

Durum wheat supplementary payment | | | | | 42025 | 14820 | | | | | | | | |

Suckler cow premium | 77565 | | | | 261153 | 734416 | | | 70578 | 78695 | | | | |

Additional suckler cow premium | 19389 | | | | 26000 | | | | 99 | 9462 | | | | |

Special beef premium | | 33085 | | | | | | | | | 6298 | 24420 | 37446 | |

Slaughter premium, adults | | | | | 47175 | 101248 | | 62200 | 17348 | 8657 | | | | |

Slaughter premium, calves | 6384 | | | | 560 | 79472 | | 40300 | 5085 | 946 | | | | |

Sheep and goat premium | | 855 | | | 183499 | | | | | 21892 | 432 | 600 | | |

Sheep premium | | | | | | 66455 | | | | | | | | |

Sheep and goat supplementary premium | | | | | 55795 | | | | | 7184 | 149 | 200 | | |

Supplementary sheep premium | | | | | | 19572 | | | | | | | | |

Aid for area under hops | | | 2277 | | | 98 | | | 27 | | 124 | | | |

Tomatoes — Article 68b(1) | | | | 10720 | 28117 | 4017 | 91984 | | | 16667 | | | | |

Fruit and vegetables other than tomatoes — Article 68b(2) | | | | 17920 | 93733 | 43152 | 9700 | | | | | | | |

Article 69, all sectors | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3421 | |

Article 69, arable crops | | | | 47323 | | | 141712 | | | 1878 | | 5840 | | |

Article 69, rice | | | | | | | | | | 150 | | | | |

Article 69, beef and veal | | | | 8810 | 54966 | | 28674 | | | 1681 | 3713 | 10118 | | 29800 |

Article 69, sheep and goat meat | | | | 12615 | | | 8665 | | | 616 | | | | |

Article 69, cotton | | | | | 13432 | | | | | | | | | |

Article 69, olive oil | | | | 22196 | | | | | | 5658 | | | | |

Article 69, tobacco | | | | 7578 | 2353 | | | | | | | | | |

Article 69, sugar | | | | 2697 | 18985 | | 9932 | | | 1203 | | | | |

Article 69, dairy products | | | | | 19763 | | | | | | | | | |

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ANNEX II

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

2008 calendar year

(EUR thousand) |

| Belgium | Greece | Spain | France | Italy | Netherlands | Portugal | Finland |

Article 70(1)(a)

Aid for seeds | 1397 | 1400 | 10347 | 2310 | 13321 | 726 | 272 | 1150 |

Article 70(1)(b)

Arable crops payments | | | 23 | | | | | |

Grain legumes aid | | | 1 | | | | | |

Crop specific aid for rice | | | | 3053 | | | | |

Tobacco aid | | | | | | | 166 | |

Dairy premiums | | | | | | | 12608 | |

Additional payments to dairy producers | | | | | | | 6254 | |

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ANNEX III

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

2008 calendar year

Member State | (EUR thousand) |

Belgium | 502200 |

Denmark | 993338 |

Germany | 5741963 |

Ireland | 1340752 |

Greece | 2234039 |

Spain | 3600357 |

France | 6159613 |

Italy | 3827342 |

Luxembourg | 37051 |

Malta | 3017 |

Netherlands | 743163 |

Austria | 649473 |

Portugal | 434232 |

Slovenia | 62902 |

Finland | 523362 |

Sweden | 719414 |

United Kingdom | 3947375 |

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ANNEX IV

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

2008 calendar year

Member State | (EUR thousand) |

Bulgaria | 248821 |

Czech Republic | 437762 |

Estonia | 50629 |

Cyprus | 24597 |

Latvia | 69769 |

Lithuania | 184702 |

Hungary | 641446 |

Poland | 1432192 |

Romania | 529556 |

Slovakia | 188923 |

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ANNEX V

MAXIMUM 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 Republic | 34730 |

Latvia | 6110 |

Lithuania | 9476 |

Hungary | 37865 |

Poland | 146677 |

Romania | 2781 |

Slovakia | 17712 |

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ANNEX VI

MAXIMUM 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 Republic | 414 |

Hungary | 4756 |

Poland | 6715 |

Slovakia | 516 |

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ANNEX VII

BUDGETARY 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 State | Cyprus | Romania | Slovakia |

Tomatoes — Article 143bc(1) | | 869 | 509 |

Fruit and vegetables other than tomatoes — Article 143bc(2). | 4478 | | |

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