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Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Communications 1. The Member States shall communicate the following data to the Commission by electronic transmission: (a) by 1 September of the year concerned at the latest: (i) the total area for which the aid has been claimed in the case of: — the specific quality premium for durum wheat provided for in Article 72 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the protein crop premium provided for in Article 76 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the crop-specific payment for rice provided for in Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, broken down for the indica and japonica varieties, — the area payment for nuts provided for in Article 83 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, expressed by categories of nut trees, — the aid for energy crops provided for in Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the arable crops area payment provided for in Article 100 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by base area as referred to in Annex IV to this Regulation and in the standardised format described in Annex IX to this Regulation, — the crop-specific payment for cotton provided for in Article 110a of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the aid for olive groves provided for in Article 110g of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by categories, — the hops area aid provided for in Article 110n of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the single area payment scheme (SAPS) provided for in Article 143b of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003; (ii) the total quantity for which the aid has been claimed in the case of: — the dairy premium provided for in Article 95 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the additional payments to producers of dairy products provided for in Article 96 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003; (iii) the total number of applications in the case of the sheep and goat premiums provided for in Article 111 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, using the model form set out in Annex XI to this Regulation; (b) by 15 October of the year concerned at the latest, the total determined area in the case of: — the protein crop premium provided for in Article 76 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the aid for energy crops provided for in Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003; (c) by 15 November of the year concerned at the latest: (i) the total determined area used for the calculation of the coefficient of reduction in the case of: — the specific quality premium for durum wheat provided for in Article 72 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the crop-specific payment for rice provided for in Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, broken down for the indica and japonica varieties, and also the detailed information by variety of rice and by base area and sub-base area using the model form set out in Annex III to this Regulation, — the area payment for nuts provided for in Article 83 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, expressed by categories of nut trees, — the arable crops area payment provided for in Article 100 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by base area as referred to in Annex IV to this Regulation and in the standardised format described in Annex IX to this Regulation, — the crop-specific payment for cotton provided for in Article 110a of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the aid for olive groves provided for in Article 110g of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by categories, — the hops area aid provided for in Article 110n of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the single area payment scheme (SAPS) provided for in Article 143b of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003; (ii) the total determined quantity used for the calculation of the coefficient of reduction, in the case of the dairy premium provided for in Article 95 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003; (iii) the total determined quantity in the case of: — the additional payments to producers of dairy products provided for in Article 96 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the tobacco aid provided for in Article 110j of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by tobacco varieties as listed in Annex XXV to this Regulation; (iv) the amount of aid per hectare to be granted for each category of olive groves in the case of the aid for olive groves provided for in Article 110g of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003; (d) by 31 March of the following year at the latest, the indicative aid amount per kg in the case of the tobacco aid provided for in Article 110j of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by group of tobacco varieties as listed in Annex XXV to this Regulation and, where applicable, per quality grade; (e) by 31 July of the following year at the latest: (i) the total area for which the aid has actually been paid in the case of: — the specific quality premium for durum wheat provided for in Article 72 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the protein crop premium provided for in Article 76 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the crop-specific payment for rice provided for in Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, broken down for the indica and japonica varieties, — the area payment for nuts provided for in Article 83 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, expressed by categories of nut trees, — the aid for energy crops provided for in Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the arable crops area payment provided for in Article 100 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by base area as referred to in Annex IV to this Regulation and in the standardised format described in Annex IX to this Regulation, — the crop-specific payment for cotton provided for in Article 110a of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the aid for olive groves provided for in Article 110g of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by categories, — the hops area aid provided for in Article 110n of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the single area payment scheme (SAPS) provided for in Article 143b of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003; (ii) the total quantity for which the aid has actually been paid in the case of: — the aid for starch potato (in starch-equivalent) provided for in Article 93 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the dairy premium provided for in Article 95 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the additional payments to producers of dairy products provided for in Article 96 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the seed aid provided for in Article 99 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by seed species as listed in Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, — the tobacco aid provided for in Article 110j of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by tobacco varieties as listed in Annex XXV to this Regulation and by quality, — the transitional sugar payment provided for in Article 110p of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003; (iii) the final aid amount per kg in the case of the tobacco aid provided for in Article 110j of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, by group of tobacco varieties as listed in Annex XXV to this Regulation and, where applicable, per quality grade; (iv) the total number of sheep and goat premiums paid in the case of the sheep and goat premiums provided for in Article 111 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, using the model form set out in Annex XII to this Regulation. 2. In the communications provided for in paragraph 1, the areas shall be expressed in hectares to two decimal places, the quantities shall be expressed in tonnes to three decimal places, and the number of applications shall be expressed with no decimal places. 3. Where the information required under paragraph 1 changes, in particular as a result of the checks or corrections or improvements of previous figures, an update shall be communicated to the Commission within one month after the occurrence of the change.’