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"BCOMMISSION R EGULATION (EC) No 2316/1999
of 22 October 1999
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing
a support system for producers of certain arable crops
(OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
"M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2000 of 3 July 2000 L 163 28 4.7.2000
Corrected by:
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COMMISSION R EGULATION (EC) No 2316/1999
of 22 October 1999
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of
certain arable crops
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May
1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable
crops (
1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:(1) Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 replaced the support system for
producers of certain arable crops provided for in Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (
2), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1624/98 (3). Following the changes entailed by the new
system and in view of experience gained, the rules on the
application of the area payment system should be harmonised and,
where appropriate, simplified. In the interests of clarity, it is
appropriate to recast in a single act the provisions of the specific
regulations governing the various aspects of that system, that is the
following Commission regulations:
Regulation (EEC) No 2467/92 (4) as amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3738/92 (5), Regulation (EEC) No 2836/93 (6), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1503/97 (7), Regulation (EC) No
762/94 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1981/98 (9),
Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 (10), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1945/1999 (11), Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 (12), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2017/97 (13), Regulation (EC)
No 658/96 (14), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
610/1999 (15) and Regulation (EC) No 1577/98 (16).
(2) The area payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999
must be restricted to certain areas to be specified. Only one
application for an area payment should be permitted in respect of
any parcel cultivated in a given marketing year. Any parcel
covered by an ‘area’ aid application under the common
organisation of the market in any other product in respect of the
same marketing year cannot qualify under the area payment
scheme. Area payments can be granted on crops subsidized under
a scheme falling within the Community’s structural or environ-
mental policies.
(3) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 defines the land that is
eligible for area payments. That Article authorises certain
exceptions under the control of the Member States which must
not undermine the effectiveness of the arrangements laid down in!B
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 246, 27.8.1992, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 380, 24.12.1992, p. 24.
(6) OJ L 260, 19.10.1993, p. 3.
(7) OJ L 202, 30.7.1997, p. 48.
(8) OJ L 90, 7.4.1994, p. 8.
(9) OJ L 256, 19.9.1998, p. 8.
(10) OJ L 121, 12.5.1994, p. 12.
(11) OJ L 241, 11.9.1999, p. 14.
(12) OJ L 121, 1.6.1995, p. 29.
(13) OJ L 284, 16.10.1997, p. 36.
(14) OJ L 91, 12.4.1996, p. 46.
(15) OJ L 75, 20.3.1999, p. 24.
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that Regulation. In order to avoid any such risk, suitable measures
should be laid down to keep the total area of eligible land at the
current level and to prevent any appreciable increase therein. To
that end, certain muftiannual crops should be considered as
included among rotating crops. Areas covered by restructuring
programmes could also be considered eligible for area payments.
It is necessary to define what is meant by restructuring,
appreciable increases in agricultural area and the obligation to
exchange eligible and ineligible land.
(4) The sowing of land for the sole purpose of qualifying for area
payments should be prevented. Certain conditions relating to the
sowing and cultivation of crops must be specified, in particular as
regards oilseeds, protein plants, linseed and durum wheat. Local
standards must be respected in order to reflect the diversity of
agricultural practice within the Community.
(5) In order to foster the Community’s policy of quality improvement,
only applicants who have sown seed of specified varieties and
qualities should be eligible for area payments in respect of colza
and rape seed. For determining eligible varieties, reference should
be made for the sake of consistency, simplification and good
management, to the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricul-
tural Plant Species established by Council Directive
70/457/EEC (1), as last amended by Directive 98/96/EC (2), while
for the 2000/01 marketing year, reference should be made to the
varieties eligible under the previous scheme for the sake of clarity
and to maintain continuity. The Community’s glucosinolate and
erucic acid standards for colza and rape seed should be clarified
and tests should be laid down to measure the glucosinolate and
erucic acid content of seed samples. It is necessary to clarify the
position regarding variety associations of colza and rape seed and
certain other categories of seed. The varieties of sunflower seed
which constitute confectionery sunflower seed should be spec-
ified.
(6) The Member States in which maize is not grown traditionally may
set a base area for silage grass. It is necessary to define what is
meant by silage grass.
(7) Standards for sweet lupins and tests to determine whether or not a
sample of lupins is sweet should be laid down.
(8) Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 provides for the
granting of a supplement to the area payment to producers of
durum wheat in traditional production regions within a maximum
guaranteed area for each Member State concerned. That maxi-
mum guaranteed area may be distributed among the regions of
production. A de minimis rule on the size of such production
regions should be introduced to prevent their fragmentation and so
that the principle of proportionality is complied with in the
application of any penalties incurred for overshoots. Areas eligible
for the special aid for durum wheat in non-traditional areas have
been allocated to certain Member States. The regions of the
Member States allocated such areas should be defined. Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999 provides that certified durum wheat seed must
be used. Specific measures should be taken to ensure that such
seed is used. A minimum quantity and a transitional period over
which the quantity of that seed used is to be attained must be set in
order to avoid supply difficulties or disturbances on the market in
certified seed. In view of the diversity of agricultural practice
within the Member States and within regions thereof, the setting
of the minimum quantity and the adoption of any transitional
measures needed should be left to the Member States concerned.
(9) Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 provides inter alia for the area
payment scheme to apply subject to a system of regional base
areas. With a view on the one hand to the transparency needed and!B
(1) OJ L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27.1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 3
on the other to satisfactory management of those areas, the
number of hectares eligible under the area payment scheme and
the way they are distributed need to be determined for each
Member State.
(10) Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 allows regionalisation
plans to differentiate between irrigated and non-irrigated areas.
What is meant by irrigation should be defined. A separate base
area may be established for maize. In some Member States, this
area may largely concern silage maize. By the nature of silage
maize, yields may not be expressed in tonnes per hectare. The
yield applicable in this case should therefore be defined. The
Member States should be given the opportunity to lay down the
yield applicable to silage maize in relation to the yield of
comparable arable crops in the region concerned.
(11) The areas to be taken into account with a view to assessing any
overshoot in the base area and the rules for determining the extent
of such overshoots should be specified. Where a separate base
area is established for maize, irrigated areas or silage grass,
special rules must be laid down as regards the areas to be taken
into account with a view to calculating any overshoot in the base
area in question. The rules for determining any overshoot in the
base area must ensure that the base area is complied with in all
cases. The way the overshoot is to be calculated in respect of the
maximum guaranteed areas for durum wheat should also be
specified.
(12) In order to prevent complicated regionalisation plans resulting in
actual yields appreciably in excess of the reference yields,
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 provides for area payments to be
adjusted in the following marketing year in proportion to the
overshoot of the average yield resulting from the regionalisation
plans. The data necessary for calculating any overshoot of the
reference yields must be available in good time. The procedure to
be followed for establishing such overshoots should be specified
and the reference yields resulting from regionalisation plans as
determined in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3
of that Regulation should be fixed.
(13) Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, eligibility
for area payments is conditional on an obligation on the producers
concerned to set aside part of the area on their holdings. In order
to ensure that such set-aside contributes to better balance on the
market, detailed implementing rules capable of ensuring that the
scheme has the necessary effectiveness and that it is consistent
with the overall system introduced by Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 should be laid down. To that end, while areas other
than those referred to in Article 7 of that Regulation should not be
definitively excluded from the scheme, provision should be made
for the areas counting as set-aside to be comparable with those
counting for the purposes of calculating the regional base area.
The scheme’s effectiveness may be enhanced if provision is also
made for set-aside to apply to unbroken areas of a minimum size.
Provisions should also be laid down regarding environmental
protection and the maintenance and utilisation of the areas set
aside. Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 exempts from the set-aside
obligation producers whose application does not exceed produc-
tion equivalent to 92 tonnes of cereals. The method for calculating
the 92-tonne production limit must be specified. For the sake of
clarity, provisions must be laid down for cases where the set-aside
obligation is not met.
(14) The minimum period for which land is to be set aside must extend
at least over the growing cycle of the arable crops covered by
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999. However, in order to take certain
specific circumstances into account, it should be possible for land
set aside to be used before the minimum set-aside period expires.
(15) Rules should be laid down to ensure that farmers who undertake to
set aside certain areas for a period not exceeding five marketing!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 4
years receive a minimum payment. The adjustments and penalties
applicable under the scheme should be laid down.
(16) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 of 11 December 1990
introducing transitional measures governing the common organi-
sation of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal (1), as amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/95 (2), provides for
direct aid per hectare for certain cereals grown in Portugal during
a transitional period. Pursuant to Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999, such aid may be taken into account for the
purposes of calculating the compensation for compulsory set-
aside only.
(17) Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 requires producers
of cereals, oilseeds and protein plants to complete sowing by 31
May at the latest. In certain cases, sowing can be put off until after
31 May because of the climate. The deadline for sowing and for
submitting applications should be extended for certain crops in
certain regions. However, such extensions should not adversely
affect the effectiveness of the support system or undermine the
control system introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No
3508/92 (3) ,a sl a s ta m e n d e db yR e g u l a t i o n( E C )N o
1036/1999 (4).
(18) In order to ensure that the processing industry receives regular
supplies of sweetcorn throughout the marketing year, producers
must be able to spread their sowings over a longer period. The
final date for sowing sweetcorn should therefore be deferred to 15
June.
(19) Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 provides that
those Member States where there is a risk that the reference area
may be substantially exceeded can limit the area in respect of
which individual producers may apply for crop-specific oilseeds
area payments. That limit must be laid down on the basis of
objective criteria and expressed as a percentage of the producer’ s
eligible agricultural area. That limit may vary from one regional
base area to another. Producers must be notified of that limit by a
given date before oilseed sowing commences. Where any
producers’ applications for crop-specific oilseeds area payments
cover an area in excess of the limit, the area over the limit must be
excluded from the application. The area on which area payments
for land set aside are payable may need to be reduced accordingly.
(20) In order to ensure that the area payment system functions properly
in respect of any given marketing year, statistical monitoring must
be carried out on the application of the system for that year. For
the purposes of budget forecasts at Community level, provisional
figures must be available by 15 September at the latest of the year
in progress. The date by which the definitive rate of any overshoot
is to be notified must be fixed. The data serving as the basis for
calculating any overshoots in the base areas and in the maximum
guaranteed areas for durum wheat and any breakdown of the latter
into base sub-areas or regions must be available in good time.
(21) The scheme provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 will
apply as from marketing year 2000/01. In order for the producers
concerned to be able to sow as well as carry out the possible
set-aside and submit their area payment applications for the said
marketing year in the knowledge of and in compliance with the
rules for the application of the new scheme, the provisions of the
present Regulation should enter into force as soon as it is
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
(22) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an
opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,!B
(1) OJ L 362, 27.12.1990, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 127, 21.5.1999, p. 4.1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 5
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
CHAPTER I
Eligibility for area payments
SECTION I
General provisions
Article 1
1. Area payments as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999
shall be granted in accordance with the conditions laid down in this
Regulation.
2. In a given marketing year, no more than one application for an area
payment may be made in respect of any cultivated parcel.
3. No area payment may be granted on any cultivated parcel which is
covered in respect of the same marketing year by an application for
area-based aid under a scheme financed under Article 1(2)(b) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (1) for arable crops other than those
covered by Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
Article 2
1. For the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, the
definitions of ‘permanent pasture’, ‘permanent crops’, ‘multi annual
crops’ and ‘restructuring programme’ shall be those set out in Annex I.
2. Land on which aid has been granted under Title I of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 (2) or under Council Regulation (EEC) No
3766/91 (3) or, in the case of Finland and Sweden, land set aside under a
national set-aside scheme shall be considered eligible for area payments.
3. Areas newly declared eligible by the Member States under a
restructuring programme must not exceed the area newly declared
ineligible under that programme by more than 5 %. However, the
following shall not be taken into account when the abovementioned
increase is determined:
(a) in the new German Länder, 2 500 ha affected by the restructuring of
agricultural land in the period from 1 January to 30 June 1992 and
planted with arable crops for harvest in 1993;
(b) the remaining land covered by plans for the grubbing-up of
wine-growing areas for the 1991/92 wine year approved before 31
December 1991 under Council Regulations (EEC) No 1442/88 (4)
and No 2239/86 (5) and carried out within the time limits laid down
therein.
4. Pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999, the Member States may not increase their total eligible
agricultural area, either temporarily or permanently, by more than 0,1 %
of their total base area.
The Member States shall send the Commission an annual list of
authorisations issued pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, specifying the number of farmers, the
areas concerned and the reasons.!B
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(2) OJ L 218, 6.8.1991, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 356, 24.12.1991, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 132, 28.5.1988, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 196, 18.7.1986, p. 1.1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 6
In duly substantiated special cases, the limit laid down in the first
subparagraph may be revised in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (1).
5. Cases as referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 shall be those where producers are able
to give relevant, objective reasons for exchanging ineligible land for
eligible land on their holdings, provided that the Member State has
checked that there are no valid reasons for refusing such exchanges, in
particular from the viewpoint of environmental risks. Under no
circumstances may exchanges result in any increase in the total area of
eligible arable land on the holding. The Member States shall provide for
a system for the prior notification and approval of such exchanges.
By 31 May at the latest each year, the Member States shall submit plans
to the Commission comprising a list of the criteria on the basis of which
exchanges have been approved and evidence to the effect that the total
area of eligible land has not increased as a result of such exchanges.
Article 3
1. Area payments for arable crops shall be paid solely on areas:
(a) located in regions declared by the Member State as climatically and
agriculturally suitable for growing arable crops. The Member States
shall have the power to decide that any region is not suitable for
producing certain arable crops;
(b) fully sown in accordance with local standards. Where cereals are
sown in a mixture with oilseeds or protein plants, or where oilseeds
are sown in a mixture with protein plants, the lowest rate of area
payment shall apply;
(c) on which the crop is maintained until at least the beginning of
flowering under conditions of normal growth. Crops of oilseeds,
protein plants, linseed and durum wheat must also be cultivated in
accordance with local standards at least until 30 June prior to the
marketing year in question, unless they are harvested at full maturity
before that date. Protein plants may not be harvested until after the
stage of lactic ripeness;
(d) covered by applications in respect of at least 0,3 ha, each parcel
cultivated being larger than the minimum size fixed by the Member
State for the region concerned.
2. Where any producer’ s eligible areas are located in more than one
region of production, the amount payable shall be determined by the
location of each area covered by his application.
3. Member States that treat maize separately in regions where maize is
grown principally for silage shall be authorised to apply the yield for a
feed grain in that region to all areas under maize in the regions in
question.
SECTION 2
Special provisions covering certain arable crops
Article 4
1. The Member States shall apply a quality policy in respect of colza
and rape seed by limiting areas eligible for area payments to those sown
with certified seed of double-zero (00) varieties of colza and rape seed
notified and entered as such in the Common Catalogue of Varieties of
Agricultural Plant Species established by Directive 70/457/EEC prior to
any payment. Double-zero varieties shall be those producing seed with a!B
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maximum glucosinolate content of 25 µmol/g at a moisture content of
9 %, as determined by method EN ISO 9167-1: 1995, and an erucic acid
content of not more than 2 % of the total fatty acid content, as
determined by method EN ISO 5508: 1995.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member States may
include areas sown with one or more of the following categories of rape
and colza seed among those eligible for area payments:
(a) certified seed of double zero variety associations the components of
which have been notified and entered where appropriate as double
zero in the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant
Species;
(b) seed harvested from certified seed grown on the same holding of
double zero varieties shown by analysis of a representative sample
taken by an approved agent of the competent national authority to
have a glucosinolate content of no more than 18,0 µmol/g at a
moisture content of 9 %;
(c) seed of stocks registered, prior to sowing, for inspection and control
and intended to yield a crop for use as breeders’, pre-basic, basic or
certified seed for sowing, research or testing purposes to determine
whether the stock may be added to a Member State’s national variety
list and, subsequently, to the Common Catalogue as a double zero
variety;
(d) certified seed of the ‘Bienvenu’ and ‘Jet Neuf’ varieties covered by a
cultivation contract signed prior to sowing by the producer and a
buyer specially approved to that end by the competent authority of
the Member State, with a view to obtaining seed for the production
of oil intended for specified uses in food or feed;
(e) seed of stocks with an erucic acid content of more than 40 % of the
total fatty acid content and covered by a cultivation contract
concluded, prior to sowing, with an approved first buyer with a view
to obtaining seeds intended for a specified non-food use or for use as
seed for sowing to obtain such a crop.
3. Where Member States consider areas sown with seed as referred to
in paragraph 2(b) as eligible, prior to sowing they shall take all measures
necessary to determine that such seed meets the requirements. The
glucosinolate content may be determined by method EN ISO 9167-1:
1995(x) or method EN ISO 9167-2: 1997. The former method shall be
the sole method used for settling disputes as to glucosinolate content.
4. For the 2000/01 marketing year, areas sown with certified seed of
varieties and variety associations listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC)
No 658/96 shall also be eligible for area payments.
5. For the purposes of Article 10(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
varieties of sunflower seed that constitute confectionery sunflower seed
shall be as listed in Annex II.
Article 5
‘Sweet lupins’ means those varieties of lupins producing seed comprising
not more than 5 % bitter seeds. The bitter seed content shall be
calculated in accordance with the test set out in Annex III.
Article 6
1. For the purposes of the first paragraph of Article S of Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999, producers of durum wheat in the zones listed in
Annex II to that Regulation shall receive the supplement to the area
payment within the maximum guaranteed area set out in Annex III to that
Regulation.
For the purposes of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
Pannonia in Austria shall comprise the zones listed in Annex IV to this
Regulation.!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 8
2. Where the maximum guaranteed area is distributed among the
production zones and production regions as provided for in the third
paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, the following
provisions shall apply:
(a) if any production region is less than 500 ha in area, the Member
States concerned may join the region in question to an adjacent
production region;
(b) in Italy, account may be taken of the areas traditionally sown to
durum wheat and set aside under the five-year scheme from 1993 to
1997;
(c) by 15 September at the latest of the marketing year preceding that in
respect of which the area payment application is made, the Member
States concerned shall notify the producers and the Commission of
the distribution of the maximum guaranteed area.
3. Special aid as provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 shall be granted in the zones listed in
Annex V to this Regulation for up to the maximum number of hectares
set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 in respect of any
parcel eligible for the payment for areas under arable crops provided for
in Article 1 of that Regulation and sown to durum wheat.
4. For the purposes of granting aid for durum wheat as referred to in
paragraphs 1 and 3, ‘area’ aid applications as referred to in Article 4 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 (1) must contain all
information required for identifying parcels sown to durum wheat and
must be accompanied by proof that certified seed has been used.
Aid applications in respect of durum wheat shall be valid only where:
(a) an area payment application is submitted in respect of the same
number of hectares under durum wheat;
(b) seed certified in accordance with Council Directive 66/402/EEC (2)
is used.
5. The Member States shall fix the minimum quantity of certified seed
to be used in accordance with agricultural practice in the Member State
concerned.
A transitional period of up to three years commencing on 1 July 1998
may be allowed for the quantity of such seed used to reach the minimum,
in accordance with the specific measures notified to the Commission by
the Member States by 30 June 1998 at the latest.
6. The supplement to the area payment and the special aid for durum
wheat shall be paid at the same time as the area payment.
Article 7
1. For the purposes of Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
‘silage grass’ means the crop grown on areas mainly sown to herbaceous
grasses and harvested green at least once a year with a view to
preservation in an enclosed environment by anaerobic fermentation.
2. The provisions of this Regulation, with the exception of the
condition relating to flowering in Article 3(1)(c), shall apply to silage
grass.
3. Producers in the Member States that make provision for a specific
area for silage grass as set out in Annex VI shall be eligible for area
payments in respect of silage grass.!B
(1) OJ L 391, 31.12.1992, p. 36.
(2) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66.1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 9
CHAPTER II
Base areas and reference yields
SECTION 1
General provisions
Article 8
The base areas as referred to in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 shall be as set out in Annex VI.
Article 9
1. Where regionalisation plans provide for different yields for irrigated
and non-irrigated land in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999, the Member States shall lay down rules to
determine whether or not areas are irrigated in the course of a marketing
year. They shall in particular lay down:
(a) a list of arable crops on which area payments may be granted at the
rate for the irrigated yield;
(b) a description of the irrigation equipment which the farmer must have
at his disposal; such equipment must be commensurate with the area
concerned and must allow for the supply of the water needed for the
normal development of plants during their growth cycle;
(c) the relevant irrigation period.2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply where irrigation is a historical feature
linked to the parcels and allows them to be distinguished and listed, like
‘regadío’ production regions in Spain.
SECTION 2
Area overshoot
Article 10
1. For the purposes of determining any overshoots in regional base
areas in accordance with Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
the competent authority of the Member State shall take account, on the
one hand, of the regional base area fixed in Annex VI and, on the other
hand, of the sum of areas covered by applications for area payments
submitted in respect of each crop, including the corresponding
compulsory set-aside. Any voluntary set-aside shall be included with
areas other than irrigated, other than under maize and/or other than under
silage grass.
2. The sum of the areas covered by aid applications submitted shall not
include areas, or parts thereof, covered by applications that adminis-
trative checks show to be clearly unjustified.
Where applicable, the area actually determined during on-the-spot
checks pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 shall
count.
3. Areas sown to arable crops in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 and used in support of aid applications under Council
Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 (
1) shall be added to the sum of the areas
covered by applications submitted, adjusted in accordance with
paragraph 2.
4. The overshoot shall be calculated in accordance with the table in
Annex VII.!B
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Article 11
1. For the purposes of determining any overshoot in the maximum
guaranteed area for durum wheat eligible for the supplement to the area
payment, the competent authorities of the Member States shall take
account, on the one hand, of the maximum guaranteed area laid down in
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, where applicable
distributed among the regions, and, on the other hand, of the sum of
the areas covered by applications for the supplement to area payments in
respect of durum wheat, adjusted in accordance with Article 10(2) of this
Regulation and, where applicable, reduced in accordance with Article
2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply for the purposes of determining any
overshoot in the maximum guaranteed areas eligible for the special aid
for durum wheat set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
Article 12
1. Where the areas referred to in Articles 10 and 11 are found to be
exceeded, the Member State concerned shall, by 31 October of the
marketing year in question, determine the definitive rate of overshoot
truncated to two decimal points.
2. The definitive rate of overshoot thus determined shall be used to
calculate the proportional reduction in the area eligible for:
(a) the area payment in accordance with the first subparagraph of
Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999;
(b) the supplement thereto and the special aid for durum wheat, once the
first subparagraph of Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999
has been applied.
Article 13
For the purposes of Article 2(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, the
Member States shall, by 15 September at the latest of the marketing year
in respect of which the area payment is applied for, determine the
following and shall notify the Commission thereof:
(a) the national base area to be subdivided;(b) the criteria used by the Member State to establish the sub-base areas;(c) the sub-base areas (number, name and size);
(d) the detailed rules for concentrating measures applicable in case of
overshoot.
SECTION 3
Overshoot in reference yield
Article 14
For the purposes of Article 3(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, the
summary statements of aid applications and the yields pertaining thereto
shall be those forwarded by Member States in accordance with Article 26
of this Regulation.
For that purpose, the reference yields shall be those set out in Annex VIII
to this Regulation.!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 11
Article 15
For the purposes of calculating the average yield resulting from aid
applications in respect of a given marketing year, the following
procedure shall apply:
(a) the areas shall firstly be reduced proportionately, where appropriate,
in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 2(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999;
(b) the average cereals yield for the region shall be used for areas under
oilseeds where payments for the 2000/01 and 2001/02 marketing
years are based on the historical regional yields for oilseeds;
(c) the average cereals yield for non-irrigated land in the region shall be
used for areas under arable crops that are declared as forage areas for
the purposes of premiums for beef and sheep.
Article 16
Before 31 May each year, the Commission shall carry out a comparative
examination of the information referred to in Articles 14 and 15 and shall
fix the relevant correcting coefficients in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.
Article 17
The coefficients referred to in Article 16 shall apply to all area payments
in the Member State or region in which the base area in question is
located, with the exception of the supplement to the area payment and the
special aid for durum wheat.
CHAPTER III
Set-aside
Article 18
‘Set-aside’ means leaving fallow an area that in the preceding year was:
(a) cultivated with a view to a harvest, or(b) set aside in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 or
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999, or
(c) withdrawn from the production of arable crops or afforested in
accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 (
1) and
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2080/92 (2), respectively or under
Articles 22, 23, 24 and 31 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 (3).
Article 19
1. Areas set aside in accordance with this Chapter must cover a single
area at least 0,3 ha in size and at least 20 m wide.
The Member States may accept:(a) smaller areas involving whole parcels with permanent boundaries
such as walls, hedges or watercourses;
(b) whole parcels less than 20 m wide in regions where parcels of that
size are traditional;
(c) parcels at least 10 m wide alongside permanent watercourses or
lakes and subject to special controls aiming in particular to ensure
compliance with environmental objectives.!B
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2. Areas set aside must so remain for a period commencing on 15
January at the latest and ending on 31 August at the earliest. However,
the Member States shall lay down the conditions under which producers
may be authorised to sow seed from 15 July for harvesting in the
following year and the conditions to be met in order for grazing to be
authorised from 15 July in Member States where transhumance is
practised traditionally.
3. Areas set aside may not be used for agricultural production of any
sort other than as provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 or used for any lucrative purpose incompatible with the
growing of arable crops.
4. The Member States shall apply suitable measures compatible with
the specific situation of areas set aside in order to ensure they are
maintained and the environment is protected. Such measures may also
involve green cover; in that case, the measures must ensure that the green
cover cannot be used for seed production and that it cannot under any
circumstances be used for agricultural purposes before 31 August or,
before 15 January thereafter, to produce crops for marketing.
5. Paragraphs 3 and 4 shall not apply to areas set aside or afforested
pursuant to Articles 22, 23, 24 and 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999
and counting for the purposes of compulsory set-aside where such land
proves to be incompatible with the environmental or afforestation
requirements laid down in those Articles.
Article 20
1. For the purposes of Article 6(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
the Member States may grant the set-aside payment on a multiannual
basis for a period up to five marketing years.
2. Without prejudice to Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999
and to any subsequent increase in the basic amounts fixed in Article 4(3)
thereof, producers who undertake to set aside the same parcels for the
period referred to in paragraph 1 shall receive the area payment for that
period, calculated on the basis of the basic amount and the yields in the
regionalisation plan in force at the time of their undertaking.
3. Where producers deliberately go back on their undertakings in their
‘area’ aid applications before the period referred to in paragraph 1
expires, they must reimburse 5 % of the area payment in respect of the
previous marketing year on areas withdrawn from their undertaking,
multiplied by the number of years in which they have failed to fulfil their
original commitment.
4. Producers who opt for the arrangement provided for in paragraph 2
may go back on their undertakings without incurring the penalty
provided for in paragraph 3:
(a) where they decide to set aside or afforest the areas in question under
a scheme provided for in Articles 22, 23, 24 and 31 of Regulation
(EC) No 1257/1999;
(b) in special cases authorised by the Member States and entailing a
change in farm structure beyond the producer’ s control, such as
reparcelling.
5. Where, as the result of a change in farm structure during the period
covered by the undertaking, the area set aside under this Article exceeds
the percentage limit laid down by the Member States pursuant to Article
6(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 at the time of such undertaking,
the areas covered by the undertaking shall be adjusted in accordance with
that limit.
Article 21
1. Where the declared area set aside is smaller than the area
corresponding to the percentage of compulsory set-aside laid down for
the marketing year in question, the area on which producers of arable
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shall be calculated on the basis of the declared set-aside area and the
percentages of the various crops, including silage grass; it may not
however be reduced to an area less than that required to produce 92 t of
cereals as referred to in Article 6(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
2. The cereal production referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated
on the basis of the yield used for the area payments. If the Member State
has chosen to use the historical regional yields for oilseeds, it shall be
multiplied by 1,95.
Article 22
In the case of Portugal, in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999, the area payment for compulsory set-aside shall be
increased by the amounts shown in Annex IX. Those amounts shall be
financed in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90.
Article 23
1. ‘Area’ aid applications as referred to in Regulation (EEC) No
3887/92 shall be broken down by region in accordance with Article 3 of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
2. For each area payment application in a given region of production,
there must be a corresponding set-aside declaration in respect of at least
the corresponding number of hectares in the same region of production.
3. A derogation from paragraph 2 may be provided for in accordance
with objective criteria laid down by the Member State.
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the compulsory set-aside
corresponding to an application for area payment submitted may be
effected in whole or in part:
(a) in Spain, in the ‘secano’ region in the case of holdings situated in
‘secano’ and ‘regadío’ production regions;
(b) in another region of production, provided that the areas to be set
aside are located in regions of production adjacent to those in which
the cultivated areas are situated.
5. Where paragraphs 3 and 4 are applied, the area to be set aside must
be adjusted to take account of the difference between the yields used to
calculate the payment in respect of set-aside in the regions concerned.
However, the application of this paragraph must not lead to fewer
hectares being set aside than the obligation requires.
CHAPTER IV
Special provisions
Article 24
By way of derogation from Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999, the Member States may defer the final date for sowing to no
later than 15 June for the crops listed in Annex X and in the zones, to be
defined by the Member States concerned, located in the regions specified
in that Annex.
Where the deferment of the final date for sowing concerns all arable
crops, the Member States may also put back the closing date for the
submission of area payment applications by the producers in the zones
concerned to 15 June at the latest or to the final date for sowing,
whichever occurs earlier.!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 14
Article 25
1. The limit provided for in Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 shall be set taking account of the national reference area and
the total area of eligible agricultural land and with the objective of
avoiding planting on a scale that would result in excessive reductions in
the crop-specific oilseeds area payment.
2. The limit and the criteria applied to establish it shall be notified to
the Commission at the earliest possible date and by 31 July at the latest
of the marketing year prior to that covered by the area payment
application.
3. With a view to assessing producers’ eligibility for area payments, the
competent authorities shall check whether their aid applications fall
within the limit laid down. Any land covered by applications for
crop-specific oilseeds area payments in excess of the limit shall be
disallowed.
4. In cases where disallowance of areas pursuant to paragraph 3 means
that the area set aside by a producer exceeds the limit laid down in
Article 6(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 and applicable in the
Member State concerned, the area set aside and covered by the area
payment application shall be reduced so that it does not exceed that limit.
5. Any land disallowed under producers’ ‘area’ aid applications
pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 shall not count for the purposes of
Article 2(4) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
CHAPTER V
Final provisions
Article 26
Notifications
1. The Member States shall send the Commission the information to be
provided in tables as described in Annex XI in the standardised format
described therein, by production region, base area and country, in
accordance with the following timetable:
(a) by 15 September of the marketing year in progress: data obtained
taking into account controls and checks already carried out;
(b) by the following 31 October at the latest: definitive data
corresponding to those used to calculate the definitive rate of
overshoot referred to in Article 12; and
(c) by the following 15 February at the latest: the final data
corresponding to the areas for which aid has actually been paid,
after the reductions in area provided for in Article 9 of Regulation
(EEC) No 3887/92 have been deducted.
2. Where the areas referred to in Articles 10 and 11 are found to have
been exceeded, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission
of the definitive rate of the overshoot immediately and at the latest by 31
October of the marketing year in progress. The data used to calculate the
rate by which a base area is exceeded shall be forwarded using the form
in Annex VII.
3. Where the rate of overshoot is distributed in accordance with Article
2(6) and the third paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of
such distribution by 31 October at the latest.
Article 27
The Member States shall adopt the measures necessary for the
application of this Regulation and shall notify them to the Commission
within one month of their adoption or amendment.!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 15
Article 28
Regulations (EEC) No 2467/92, (EEC) No 2836/93, (EC) No 762/94,
(EC) No 1098/94, (EC) No 1237/95, (EC) No 658/96 and (EC) No
1577/98 shall be repealed with effect from 1 July 2000.
References to the repealed regulations shall be construed as references to
this Regulation.
Article 29
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply to the support for producers of certain arable crops in
respect of the 2000/01 and following marketing years.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 16
ANNEX I
(Article 2(1))
DEFINITIONS
1. Permanent pasture
Non-rotational land used for grass production (sown or natural) on a
permanent basis (five years or longer).
2. Permanent crops
Non-rotational crops other than permanent pasture that occupy the land for
five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, with the exception of
multiannual crops.
3. Multiannual crops
CN code
0709 10 00 Artichokes
0709 20 00 Asparagus
ex 0709 90 90 Rhubarb
0810 20 Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries
0810 30 Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries
0810 40 Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus
V accinium
4. Restructuring programme
Change to the structure and/or eligible area of a holding imposed by the
public authorities.!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 17
ANNEX II
(Article 4(5))
Confectionery sunflower seed varieties
Agripro 3450
Agrosur
Dahlgren D-131 (Toma)
Dahlgren D-151Dahlgren D-171Dahlgren D-181
Dahlgren 954
Dahlgren D-1950Dahlgren D-1998Diset
Hagen Seed SG 9011
Hagen Seed SG 9054Hagen Seed SG 9211Interstate (IS)8004
Kelisur
Royal Hybrid 381Royal Hybrid 2141Royal Hybrid 3801
Royal Hybrid 3831
Royal Hybrid 4381RRC 995RRC 2211
RRC 2232
RRC 4211SIGCO 826SIGCO 828
SIGCO 829
SIGCO 830SIGCO 954SIGCO 964
SIGCO 974
SIGCO 995TomaTriumph 660C
Triumph 505C+
Triumph 520CTriumph 515CUSDA Hybrid 924!
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ANNEX III
(Article 5)
TEST FOR BITTER LUPINS
To be performed on a sample of 200 grains taken from a batch of 1 kg from each
lot of 20 t maximum.
The test is intended solely to provide qualitative evidence of the presence of bitter
grains in the sample. The homogeneity tolerance is 1 grain per 100. Use theGrain-Cut method according to V on Sengbusch (1942), Ivanov and Smirnova(1932) and Eggebrecht (1949). Cut the dry or swollen grains crosswise. Place the
half-grains in a sieve and dip in an iodine solution for ten seconds, then rinse
under water for five seconds. The cut surfaces of bitter grains turn brown whilethose low in alkaloids remain yellow.
To prepare the iodine solution, dissolve 14 g of potassium iodate in as little water
as possible, add 10 g of iodine and dilute to "
C11 000 cm33. Leave the
solution to stand for one week before use. Store in brown bottles. Dilute the stocksolution to three to five times its initial volume before using.!
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ANNEX IV
(Article 6(1), second subparagraph)
ZONES ELIGIBLE FOR THE SUPPLEMENT FOR DURUM WHEAT IN
AUSTRIA
Pannonia:
1. Gebiete der Bezirksbauernkammern
2046 Atzenbrugg
2054 Baden
2062 Bruck/Leitha2089 Ebreichsdorf2101 Gänserndorf
2241 Hollabrunn
2275 Kirchberg/Wagram2305 Korneuburg2321 Laa/Thaya
2330 Langenlois
2364 Marchfeld2399 Mistelbach2402 Mödling
2470 Poysdorf
2500 Ravelsbach2518 Retz2551 Schwechat
2585 Tulln
2623 Wr. Neustadt2631 Wolkersdorf2658 Zistersdorf
2. Gebiete der Bezirksreferate
3018 Neusiedl/See
3026 Eisenstadt
3034 Mattersburg
3042 Oberpullendorf
3. Gebiete der Landwirtschaftskammer
1007 Wien!
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ANNEX V
(Article 6(3))
ZONES ELIGIBLE FOR THE SPECIAL AID FOR DURUM WHEAT
GERMANY:
Kreise und Kreisfreie Städte:
Baden-Württemberg:
Stadt Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Stadt Heilbronn, Heilbronn,
Hohenlohekreis, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Stadt Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Stadt Baden-
Baden, Rastatt, Stadt Heidelberg, Stadt Mannheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Stadt
Pforzheim, Enzkreis, Ortenaukreis.
Bayern:
Stadt Ingolstadt, Dachau, Eichstätt, Freising, Fürstenfeldbrück, Neuburg-Schro-
benhausen, Pfaffenhofen a.d.Ilm, Kelheim, Stadt Ansbach, Ansbach, Neustadt-Bad Winsheim, Stadt Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Bad Kissingen, Rhön-
Grabfeld, Haßberge, Kitzingen, Main-Spessart, Stadt Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt,
Stadt Würzburg, Würzburg.
Rheinland-Pfalz:
Ahrweiler, Stadt Koblenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Bad Kreuznach, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis,
Westerwald-Kreis, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Bitburg-Prüm, Daun, Trier-Saarburg,Stadt Trier, Stadt Frankenthal, Landau i.d.P ., Ludwigshafen, Mainz, Neustadt/
Weinstr., Speyer, Worms, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis,
Germersheim, Südl. Weinstraße, Ludwigshafen, Mainz-Bingen.
Hessen:
Stadt Frankfurt/Main, Wiesbaden, Bergstraße, Stadt Darmstadt, Darmstadt-Die-
burg, Groß-Gerau, Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Main-Taunus-Kreis,Stadt Offenbach, Offenbach, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Wetteraukreis, Lahn-Dill-
Kreis, Limburg-Weilburg.
Saarland:
Stadt Saarbrücken, Merzig-Wadern, Neunkirchen, Saarlouis, Sankt Wendel.
Sachsen:
Mittweida, Muldentalkreis.
Sachsen-Anhalt:
Bernburg, Köthen, Burgenlandkreis, Mansfelder Land, Merseburg-Querfurt,
Saalkreis, Sangerhausen, Aschersleben-Straßfurt, Halberstadt, Jerichower Land,Quedlinburg, Schönebeck.
Thüringen:
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Kyffhäuserkreis, Gotha, Sömmerda, Hildburghausen,
Stadt Weimar, Weimarer Land, Altenburger Land, Stadt Erfurt.
SP AIN
Comarcas agrícolas
Almazán (SO), Bajo Aragón (TE), Campiña (GU), Campo de Gómara (SO),
Centro (AB), El Cerrato (P), Hoya de Huesca (HU), La Montaña (A), Las Vegas(M), Logrosán (CC), Monegros (HU), Noroeste (MU), Requena-Utiel (V), Rioja
Baja (LO), Segría (L), Sierra Rioja Baja (LO), Sur (V A), Suroeste y Valle de
Guadalentín (MU), Trujillo (CC), Urgel (L), Valle de Ayora (V).
FRANCE
Départements
Aisne, Aube, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Deux-Sèvres, Essonne, Eure,
Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Lot-et-Garonne, Maine-
et-Loire, Marne, Nièvre, Orne, Sarthe, Seine-et-Marne, Vendée, Vienne, Y onne,Yvelines.!
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ITAL Y
Province
Alessandria, Bologna, Brescia, Cremona, Ferrara, Forlì, Gorizia, Lodi, Mantova,
Milano, Modena, Padova, Parma, Pavia, Piacenza, Pordenone, Ravenna, Reggio
Emilia, Rimini, Rovigo, Torino, Treviso, Udine, Venezia, Vercelli, Verona,Vicenza.
UNITED KINGDOM
England.!
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ANNEX VI
(Article 8)
BASE AREAS
(1 000 ha)
Region All crops of which maize of which silage grass
BELGIUM
Total 478,6
Zone I 97,0
DENMARK 2 018,0GERMANY 10 155,6 (
3) 540,3 (3)
Schleswig-Holstein 505,6
Hamburg 5,1
Niedersachsen 1 424,4
Bremen 1,8
Nordrhein-Westfalen 948,3
Rheinland-Pfalz 368,4
Hessen 461,2 "C1
3
Baden-Württemberg 735,4 "C1122,13
Bayern 1 775,9 "C1418,23
Saarland 36,5
Berlin 2,9
Brandenburg 888,5
Mecklenburg-V orpommern 967,9
Sachsen 598,8
Sachsen-Anhalt 880,7
Thüringen 554,2
GREECE
Zone I 1 396,3 218,0
Zone II 95,4 4,1
SP AIN
Regadío 1 371,1 403,4
Secano 7 848,6
FRANCE
Total 13 526,0
Base area for maize 613,8 (2)
Irrigated base area 1 209,7 (2)
IRELAND 345,5 0,2!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 23
(1 000 ha)
Region All crops of which maize of which silage grass
ITAL Y 5 801,2 1 200,0
LUXEMBOURG 42,8NETHERLANDS
Regio I 226,5 44,4
Regio II 210,0 163,9
AUSTRIA 1 203,0
PORTUGAL
Açores 9,7
Madeira
— Regadío 0,31 0,29
— Other 0,30
Continental
— Regadío 293,4 221,4
— Other 711,1
FINLAND 1 591,0 200,0
SWEDEN 1 737,0 130,0UNITED KINGDOM
England 3 794,6 33,2 (
1)
Scotland 551,6
Northern Ireland 52,9 1,2 (1)
Wales 61,4
(1) With the exception of sweetcorn.
(2) Including 284 000 ha irrigated maize.
(3) Where Article 2(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 is applied.!B
!M1
!B
!M1
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ANNEX VII
(Article 10(4))
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ANNEX VIII
(Article 14, second paragraph)
REFERENCE YIELDS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(7) OF
REGULATION (EC) No 1251/1999
Belgium 6,24
Denmark 5,22
Germany 5,66 (1)
— Schleswig-Holstein 6,81
— Hamburg 6,01
— Niedersachsen 5,33
— Bremen 5,34
— Nordrhein-Westfalen 5,81
— Hessen 5,50
— Rheinland-Pfalz 4,78
— Baden-Württemberg 5,48
— Bayern 5,94
— Saarland 4,38
— Berlin 4,52
— Brandenburg 4,54
— Mecklenburg-V orpommern 5,45
— Sachsen 6,23
— Sachsen-Anhalt 6,14
— Thüringen 6,13
Greece 3,39
Spain 2,9
France 6,02
Ireland 6,08
Italy 3,9
Luxembourg 4,26
Netherlands 6,66
Portugal 2,90
United Kingdom 5,83
Austria 5,27
Sweden 4,02
Finland 2,82
(1) Where Article 2(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 is applied.!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 26
ANNEX IX
(Article 22)
SUPPLEMENT FOR SET-ASIDE IN PORTUGAL
(EUR)
Marketing year 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03
Supplementary payment 9,64 6,57 3,41!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 27
ANNEX X
(Article 24, first paragraph)
Latest date for sowing: 15 June
Crop Member State Region
All crops Finland Whole territory
Sweden Whole territory
Sweetcorn All Member States Whole territory!B1999R2316 — EN — 11.07.2000 — 001.002 — 28
ANNEX XI
(Article 26(1))
INFORMATION TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMISSION
The information is to be presented in the form of a series of tables drawn up in
accordance with the model described below:
— a first set of tables giving information at production region level within the
meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
— a second set of tables giving information in respect of each base area region
within the meaning of Annex VI to this Regulation,
— a single table summarising the information for each Member State.
The tables are to be sent in hard copy and in computerised form.
Formulae for areas: 5 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
1 0=7+8+9
14 = 15 + 16
1 9=5+1 0+1 1+1 2+1 3+1 4+1 8
Notes: Each table must quote the region in question.
The yield is that used for calculating area payments in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999.
The distinction between ‘non-irrigated’ and ‘irrigated’ land should only be made
in the case of regions containing both. In that case:
d=e+fj=k+l
Line 1 relates only to durum wheat eligible for the supplement to the area payment
provided for in the first paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
Line 2 relates only to durum wheat eligible for the special aid referred to in the
fourth paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
Line 17 relates only to areas set aside or afforested under Articles 22, 23, 24 and
31 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and counting as arable land setaside under Article 6(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
Line 18 corresponds to the areas referred to in the second indent of Article 2(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.
Information must also be forwarded in respect of producers not applying for the
per hectare aid under the support system for certain arable crops (Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999). This information, to be given under ‘Other’ in columns ‘m’ and
‘n’, mainly relates to arable crops declared as fodder area for beef and sheeppremiums.
Line 21 concerns land set aside for the production of non-food crops and not
qualifying for payments under the rules implementing Article 6(3) of Regulation(EC) No 1251/1999 (e.g. sugarbeet, Jerusalem artichokes and chicory roots).!
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