Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2002 of 28 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 as regards the simplified scheme for payments to farmers under certain support schemes
Date: 2001-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, aid system, aid to agriculture, common agricultural policy

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1/2002

of 28 December 2001

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 as regards
the simplified scheme for payments to farmers under certain support schemes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 of 17
May 1999 establishing common rules for direct support
schemes under the common agricultural policy (1), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1244/2001 (2), and in particular Article
11(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 2a of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 provides
for a simplified scheme for the payments to be made
under certain support schemes. In order to achieve the
aim of simplification pursued by that scheme, it is neces-
sary to simplify the way in which the aids concerned are
granted by derogating from certain provisions of the
Regulations referred to in that Article, as well as from
the Regulations adopted for their implementation,
in
particular as
regards eligibility conditions, dates of
application and payments and control provisions.

In the interest of simplification the farmers should
receive, upon request, an application form filled in by
single application
the national administration. This
should replace the existing separate applications for the
aids concerned, combining area and livestock aids.
Acceptance of the application should guarantee payment
to the farmer of a fixed amount, without any further
application during the entire period of participation. For
reasons of clarity,
is appropriate to specify the
payments that will be included in the calculation of the
amount to be granted under the simplified scheme and
the exchange rate applicable to those Member States
which have not adopted the euro.

it

(3)

Specific rules should be established in order to make the
simple as possible without
control procedures as
increasing the risk of double claims. For this purpose, it
is appropriate to provide for a temporary blocking of

the areas or number of premium rights corresponding to
the amount to be granted under the simplified scheme,
in the sense that the area and/or livestock premium
rights in respect of which a simplified aid application
has been submitted should be subject to certain condi-
tions, and to provide for specific rules for calculating the
number of hectares and livestock premium rights in
respect of
the reference period and the maximum
amount to be taken into consideration. The parcels and
premium rights corresponding to the amount
to be
granted under the simplified scheme should be the
subject of a declaration that remains valid throughout
the period of participation in the simplified scheme. In
the case of aid for processing the straw of flax grown for
fibre provided for in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organ-
isation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for
fibre (3), this declaration should replace the yearly ‘area’
aid application provided for in Article 7(1) of Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 of 5 February 2001
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 on the common organ-
isation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for
fibre (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1093/
2001 (5).

(4)

should be required to retain a
Although farmers
they
minimum area or number of premium rights,
should be able to dispose of the area or premium rights
not covered by the amount to be granted under the
simplified scheme. In duly justified cases, such as expiry
of lease, restructuring programmes or public interven-
tion, Member States should be able to permit farmers to
replace the declared parcels with equivalent ones.
In
order to ensure budget neutrality, the eligibility condi-
tions applicable to the areas which have received aids
covered by the simplified scheme should continue to
apply to the corresponding areas to be blocked in order
to receive the simplified scheme aid.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 113.
(2) OJ L 173, 27.6.2001, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 35, 6.2.2001, p. 18.
(5) OJ L 150, 6.6.2001, p. 17.

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(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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As far as extensification payments are concerned, areas
corresponding to the extensification payment part of the
amount
to be granted under the simplified scheme
should be blocked as in the case of areas corresponding
to area aid. If a farmer keeps animals, in order to ensure
compliance with the provisions on extensive types of
production,
should
certain stocking density
continue to apply to such areas. However, it is appro-
priate to ensure a certain flexibility allowing the farmer
to undertake to abide by certain conditions on the
to be held, as a maximum,
number of animals
throughout the period of participation in the simplified
scheme.

rules

If the farmer does not have parcels or premium rights to
be blocked corresponding to the number of hectares or
livestock notified by the competent authority, taking
into account the investment that is necessary to buy or
rent a parcel or a right to premium, Member States
should be able to accept a declaration of an area or of a
number of premium rights which does not correspond
to the number of hectares or livestock premium rights
notified. In this case, the amount to be granted under
the simplified scheme should be reduced pro rata.

Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 provides that the imple-
menting rules for the simplified scheme are also to
include detailed rules in order to avoid double claims in
respect of
the area and production covered by the
simplified scheme. Therefore, farmers who receive aid
under the simplified scheme should be prevented from
the same
receiving other direct aids in respect of
calendar year. There should be a derogation for cases in
which the relevant regulations allow cumulation of aids.

Budget neutrality requires that the areas and number of
premium rights used to establish the entitlement
to
participation in the simplified scheme and which have
been blocked are taken into account in the calculation of
the overshoot of the base areas or ceilings concerned by
reducing the relevant corresponding base areas or live-
stock premium ceilings. However, since farmers partici-
pating in the simplified scheme have no obligation to
produce a specific crop or to keep animals in order to be
entitled to the aid, the proportional reduction to be
applied in the case of overshoot of the area or ceilings
should not be applied to their area or rights.

to protect

interests of

the financial

the
In order
Community, it is appropriate to provide for a system of
sanctions in the event of non-compliance with this
Regulation. For this purpose, it is appropriate to refer to
the rules provided for in Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001 laying down

(10)

(11)

detailed rules for applying the integrated administration
and control system for certain Community aid schemes
established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 (1),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 (2).

In order to simplify the burden of controls, participants
in the simplified scheme should form a separate popula-
tion for the purposes of control sampling as provided
for in Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 and a reduced rate
of control to should be established.

In order for the Commission to be informed in detail of
the measures taken by Member States to implement
Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999, pursuant to Article 9
thereof, rules concerning the content and timing of
communications with regard to the simplified scheme
should be adopted, taking into account the timetable for
the establishment of the Community budget and on the
basis of existing formats as far as the contents are
concerned.

(12)

The relevant management committees have not deliv-
ered opinions within the time limits set laid down by
their chairmen,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1.
This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the imple-
mentation of the simplified scheme for payments to be made
under certain support schemes provided for in Article 2a of
Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 (hereinafter ‘the simplified
scheme’).

By way of derogation from the provisions listed in the
2.
farmers may receive payments as provided for in
Annex,
Article 2a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 under the
conditions set out in this Regulation.

The rules contained in the Regulations implementing the provi-
sions referred to in the Annex shall continue to apply to the
extent that this Regulation does not contain special rules.

Article 2

Application

1.
The competent authority shall send an application form
(hereinafter ‘a simplified aid application’) to farmers, who have
expressed a wish to apply for aid under the simplified scheme,
indicating:

(a) the amount to which the farmer is entitled according to
Article 2a(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999
(hereinafter ‘the amount to be granted under the simplified
scheme’);

(b) the number of hectares and/or livestock premium rights, to
be blocked in the sense of Article 8(1) of this Regulation
during the participation in the simplified scheme, and/or
animals as established in accordance with Article 4 and
Article 12(3);

(c) the prohibition on transfer provided for in Article 5.

(1) OJ L 327, 12.12.2001, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 105.

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For Member States that have not adopted the euro the amount
to be granted under the simplified scheme shall be converted
into their national currency using the exchange rate applicable
on 1 January of each calendar year in respect of which the
amount is granted.

2.
The simplified aid application, duly approved and signed
without reservation by the farmer, accompanied, where appro-
priate, by the declarations provided for in Articles 11(1) and
12(1), shall be submitted to the competent authority by a date
to be fixed by the Member State concerned which shall not be
later than 1st September.

late submission of

the application within the
In case of
meaning of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001, the
reduction provided for in the first subparagraph of Article
13(1) of
that Regulation shall only apply to the amount
payable for the first year of participation in the simplified
scheme.

A simplified aid application shall be treated as an aid applica-
tion within the meaning of Article 2(i) and (j) of Regulation
(EC) No 2419/2001.

Article 3

Calculation of the amount

1.
The amount a farmer may receive under the simplified
scheme shall include all amounts, which have been granted, in
respect of the reference periods referred to in points (a) and (b)
of the first subparagraph of Article 2a(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1259/1999, up to a date to be fixed by Member States, which
shall not be later than 30 June of the year in which the farmer
applies to participate in the simplified scheme.

2.
In case of application of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1259/1999 during the reference periods, the amounts shall
be calculated as the amounts that would have been granted
before application of that provision.

For the calendar year 2002, the following payments shall

3.
be included in respect of the calendar year 1999:

(a) arable crops area payments including set-aside payments,
durum wheat supplement and special aid, as provided for
in Articles 2, 4, 5, 6, 6a, and 7, and first subparagraph of
the eleventh indent of Article 12 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1765/92 (1),

(b) special premium, suckler cow premium,

including when
paid for heifers and including the additional national
suckler cow premium when co-financed and extensification
payment, as provided for in Article 4b, 4d, and 4h of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/1968 (2).

Area aid amounts and livestock premium amounts shall
4.
be calculated separately. The two kinds of aids are hereafter
referred to, respectively, as ‘the area aid part’, and ‘the livestock

premium part’ of the amount to be granted under the simpli-
fied scheme.

Article 4

Establishment of the number of hectares and/or premium
rights

1. Where a farmer has received area aids, the competent
authority shall inform him of the number of hectares, to two
decimal places, corresponding to each different type of area aid
included in the amount to be granted under the simplified
scheme.

In the case of arable crops payments, the number of hectares
shall be calculated separately for each crop for which a base
area is established by Member States according to Articles 3
and/or 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 (3).

2. Where a farmer has received extensification payment, the
competent authority shall
the number of
hectares, to two decimal places, corresponding to the extensifi-
cation payment part of the notified amount to be granted
under the simplified scheme and the number of animals as
established in accordance with Article 12(3) of this Regulation.

inform him of

3. Where a farmer has received livestock premiums, the
competent authority shall
the number of
premium rights, corresponding to the livestock premium part
of the amount to be granted under the simplified scheme.

inform him of

For bovine animals, this number shall be to one decimal place.
For sheep and goats, Article 14 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 3567/92 (4) shall apply.

4.
The number of hectares and livestock premium rights
referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be
calculated on the basis of:

(a) the average number of hectares and/or livestock premium
rights for which aid was granted during the three calendar
years preceding the year of application, where point (a) of
the first subparagraph of Article 2a(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 1259/1999 applies,

(b) the number of hectares and/or livestock premium rights for
which aid was granted in the calendar year preceding the
year of application, where point (b) of the first subpara-
graph of Article 2a(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999
applies.

5.
A farmer who does not have at his disposal parcels
and/or the number of premium rights corresponding to the
number of hectares or livestock premium rights calculated in
accordance with paragraph 4 may be authorised by the
Member State concerned to declare an area corresponding to
the parcels at his disposal and/or declare the number of
premium rights at his disposal.

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.

(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 362, 11.12.1992, p. 41.

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In this case, the amount to be granted under the simplified
scheme shall be calculated on the basis of the area and/or
livestock premium rights referred to in the first subparagraph.
In no case may this amount exceed the amount calculated
according to Article 3.

6.
If the second subparagraph of Article 2a(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 1259/1999 applies, the number of hectares and/or
livestock premium rights established in accordance with para-
graph 4 of this Article shall be reduced pro rata in order to
correspond to the maximum amount of EUR 1 250.

The reduction shall, at the farmer's choice, be applied first to
the area aid part and then to the livestock premium part of the
amount to be granted under the simplified scheme, or first to
the livestock premium part and then to the area aid part.

Article 5

Prohibition on transfer

Except in case of inheritance, the farmer shall not transfer by
temporarily, with or
any means whether totally, partially,
without transfer of the holding, the parcels and/or the number
of premium rights corresponding to the number of hectares
and/or livestock premium rights established in accordance with
Article 4.

Article 6

Payment

Payment shall be made after 1 November of each calendar year
concerned and by 30 June of the following year at the latest.

Article 7

Withdrawal

1.
A farmer may at any time declare his intention to with-
draw from the simplified scheme. However, the withdrawal
shall take effect from 1 January of the calendar year following
the year in which he declares his intention to withdraw.

The farmer may not submit a new application for the simpli-
fied scheme.

2. Where Article 15(4) applies,
the farmer shall not be
entitled to withdraw from the simplified scheme for the
following calendar year.

If the farmer dies after he has submitted an application
3.
under the simplified scheme, his successors shall be entitled to
the amount to which the farmer would have been entitled
under the simplified scheme provided that they meet the condi-
tions to participate in the simplified scheme. If they do not
meet those conditions, they shall be entitled to the amount to
which the farmer would have been entitled under the simplified
scheme only for the calendar year of the farmer's death.

Article 8

Double claims

1.
An area or production in respect of which a simplified
aid application is submitted may not be the subject of an
application for other direct aid listed in the Annex to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1259/1999.

2.

Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the following:

(a) transitional measures for cereals in Portugal as provided for

in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 (1);

(b) payments to producers as provided for in Articles 4 and 5
of Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 (2) and in Articles
2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2800/98 (3);

(c) seeds production aid for arable crops and rice as provided
for in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/
71 (4);

(d) deseasonalisation premium and slaughter premium as
provided for in Articles 5 and 11 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1254/1999 (5);

(e) dairy premium and additional payment as provided for in
Articles 16 and 17 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/
1999 (6);

(f) aids for the outermost regions as provided for in Articles 9,
12(1) and 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/
2001 (7), Articles 9, 13, 16, 17, 22, 27, 28(1), and 30 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 (8) and Articles 5,
6, 9, 13, 14, and 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1454/2001 (9);

(g) aids for the Aegean Islands as provided for in Articles 6, 7,
8, 9, 11 and 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/
93 (10).

Article 9

Compatible applications

1.
A farmer who has applied for aids listed in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 for which the time-limit for
applications is fixed at a date falling before the time-limit fixed
by the Member State concerned for applications under the
simplified scheme may participate in the simplified scheme on
condition that he withdraws his applications for those aids and
forgoes the relevant payments.

(1) OJ L 362, 27.12.1990, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(6) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(7) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(8) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 26.
(9) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 45.
(10) OJ L 184, 27.7.1993, p. 1.

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Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who have been
2.
controlled pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 and
have been informed that irregularities in relation to the aid
application have been found.

for eligibility for the area concerned, laid down in Article 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 and the yield of
the area
concerned or accepts the application of Article 4(5) of this
Regulation.

Article 10

Flax for fibre aid

Where a farmer participating in the simplified scheme has
concluded a contract in order to obtain an aid for processing
the straw of flax grown for fibre as provided for in Article 2 of
Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, by way of derogation from
Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 245/2001, the ‘area’ aid
application covering parcels under flax grown for fibre shall be
replaced, for the entire period of participation in the simplified
scheme, by the declaration referred to in Article 11(1) of this
Regulation, without prejudice to Article 5(1)(c) of Regulation
(EC) No 245/2001.

Article 11

Area declarations

1.
A farmer who has received area aids and/or extensifica-
tion payment shall declare, in accordance with Article 6(6) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 (1), agricultural parcels,
including areas under forage crops, or agricultural parcels
covered by set-aside measures, corresponding to the number of
hectares of the area or areas to be blocked of which he has
been notified by the competent authority in accordance with
Article 2(1)(b) of this Regulation.

2.
The parcels declared in accordance with paragraph 1
corresponding to the number of hectares of the area aid part of
the notified amount to be granted under the simplified scheme
and relating to arable crops payments shall must meet the
conditions for eligibility laid down in Article 7 of Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999.

3.
The parcels declared in accordance with paragraph 1
corresponding to the extensification aid part of the amount to
be granted under the simplified scheme must respect Article
2a(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999.

4.
The declaration referred to in paragraph 1 shall remain
valid until the end of 2005, except in the case of explicit
withdrawal from the simplified scheme by the farmer or loss of
entitlement under the simplified scheme pursuant to Article
7(3).

5. Member States may,
in duly justified circumstances,
authorise the farmer to modify his declaration on condition
that he respects the number of hectares notified, the conditions

(1) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1.

Article 12

Livestock premium declarations

1.
A farmer who has received livestock premiums shall
declare that, during his participation in the simplified scheme,
he accepts a reduction, corresponding to the number of live-
stock premium rights to be blocked of which he has been
notified by the competent authority in accordance with Article
2(1)(b) of this Regulation, of:

(a) his individual premium rights as provided for in Article
6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 (2), and

(b) his individual ceiling as referred to in Article 7(1) of Regu-

lation (EC) No 1254/1999.

2.
Article 23 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2342/
1999 (3) and Article 6a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3567/92
shall not apply to the premium rights covered by the tempo-
rary reduction provided for in paragraph 1.

A farmer who has received extensification payments shall
3.
undertake not to hold, on average during any calendar year,
more bovine animals expressed in livestock units as provided
for in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 than either
the average of those that have been taken into account for the
calculation of stocking density, or, if higher, the number taken
into account in the last year in which he qualified for the
extensification payment.

For the purpose of the first subparagraph, the number of
bovine animals shall be rounded up to the next whole number.

4.
The declaration referred to in paragraph 1 shall remain
valid until the end of 2005 except in the case of explicit
withdrawal from the simplified scheme by the farmer or loss of
entitlement under the simplified scheme pursuant to Article
7(3).

5. Member States may,
in duly justified circumstances,
authorise the farmer to modify his declaration on condition
that he respects the number of premium rights notified, or he
accepts the application of Article 4(5) of this Regulation.

Article 13

Base areas and ceilings

The proportional reduction in area aid referred to in
1.
Article 2(4) and Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 (4) and
Article 6(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 (5) shall
not apply to the areas referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regula-
tion.

(2) OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30.
(4) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 4.
(5) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.

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For the calculation of the overshoot of areas referred to in
Article 2(4) and Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 and Article 6(5) of
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, these areas shall be reduced by
the corresponding number of hectares of the areas referred to
in Article 4(1) of this Regulation.

2.
For the purposes of Article 3(7) of Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999, the yield of the areas referred to in Article 11(1) of
this Regulation shall be the yield of the production regions to
which the areas belong.

The proportional reduction in the area aid for the following
marketing year provided for by Article 3(7) of Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999 shall not apply.

3.
The proportional reduction in the number of eligible
animals referred to in Article 4(4) and Article 10(1) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1254/1999 shall not apply.

For the calculation of the overshoot of ceilings referred to in
Article 4(4), Article 7(2) and Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1254/1999, these ceilings shall be reduced by the corre-
sponding number of animals per premium for which the
farmer received livestock premiums in respect of the reference
periods concerned.

Article 14

Controls

1.
Simplified aid applications shall not be included in the
control rates for on-the spot checks for livestock aid and area
aid applications provided for in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 2419/200.

2.
For the first year of application of the simplified scheme,
a minimum of 2 % of simplified aid applications shall be
selected for on-the-spot checks.

For the following years, a minimum of 3 % of farmers having
applied for or participating in the simplified scheme shall be
selected for on-the-spot checks.

Applicants who have been subject

3.
to an on-the-spot
check in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No
2419/2001 in the year in which they join the simplified
scheme,
the simplified scheme
sample.

shall be counted towards

Article 2a(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999, as well as
those set out in Article 5 and Article 11(1) of this Regulation
are not respected and if the established difference between the
area declared and the area determined, within the meaning of
Article 2(r) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001, is more than
3 % but no more than 30 % of the area determined, the area
aid part of the amount to be granted under the simplified
scheme shall be reduced, for the calendar year in question, by
twice the difference found.

If the difference is more than 30 % of the area determined, no
area aid part shall be granted under the simplified scheme for
the calendar year in question.

2.
In cases where the conditions set out in Article 12(3) are
not respected, the extensification payment part of the amount
to be granted under the simplified scheme shall not be paid.

If the area declared, referred to in Article 4(2), exceeds the area
determined by more than 10 %, the extensification payment
part of the amount to be granted under the simplified scheme
shall not be paid. Moreover, the amount to be granted under
the simplified scheme shall be reduced by 50 % of the extensifi-
cation payment part.

3. Where, as a result of an on-the-spot check, it is found
that the obligations referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
No 3508/92 are not being complied with, Article 39 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2419/2001 shall apply to the livestock premium
part of the amount to be granted under the simplified scheme
for the year concerned.

is found that

4. Where it
the non-compliance with the
conditions referred to in paragraph 1 is intentional, the same
exclusions or level of reductions and exclusions, as calculated
for the year in which the non-compliance took place shall be
applied to the payment due for the following calendar year,
reductions
without prejudice to any other exclusions or
incurred in that year.

5.
The exclusions and reductions provided for in paragraphs
1 to 4 shall not apply where the farmer submitted factually
correct information or where he can show otherwise that he is
not at fault.

Article 16

Article 15

Transmission of information to the Commission

Reductions and exclusions

1.
Except in cases of force majeure or exceptional circum-
stances as defined in Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 2419/
2001, where, as a result of an administrative or on-the-spot
check,
it is found that one or more of the area aid related
conditions established by Member States in accordance with

1. Where Member States choose to implement the simpli-
fied scheme, they shall provide the Commission with details of
the measures adopted to this end as well as a progress report
on the implementation of the simplified scheme, including an
assessment of its effects, by 31 December each year at the
latest. The first report shall be submitted by 31 March 2003 at
the latest.

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2. Member States shall communicate each year a summary
of the applications accepted under the simplified scheme, not
later than 15 September of the calendar year to which they
refer, indicating the amounts established for these applications
in accordance with Article 3 and the corresponding amounts
granted under each of the support schemes covered by the
relevant regulations. They shall also indicate the data commu-
nicated to farmers pursuant to Article 4(1), (2) and (3).

and Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1644/96 (3)
shall apply mutatis mutandis.

3. Member States shall communicate each year the number
of cases of withdrawal and the corresponding amount of
annual support previously paid under the simplified scheme.

Article 17

Entry into force

As regards the format for the communication of these data,
Articles 6(5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 613/97 (1),
Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (2)

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 94, 9.4.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43.

(3) OJ L 207, 17.8.1996, p. 1.

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— Article 2(1), (2), (3), (4), Article 3(7), Article 4(4), Article 5, Article 5a and Article 8(1), (2) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1251/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops, as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1308/2001 (1);

— Article 1, Article 2(2) and Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 of 30 July 1996 introducing a specific

measure in respect of certain grain legumes, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 811/2000 (2);

— Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market

in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001 (3);

— Articles 4, 6, 10, 13 and 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation

of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001 (4);

— Article 5(1) to (6) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 of 3 November 1998 on the common organisation of the

market in sheepmeat and goatmeat, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1669/2000 (5);

— Article 6(1), (2), (8) and (10) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an
integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes, as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 495/2001 (6).

(1) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 271, 12.10.2001, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(5) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 72, 14.3.2001, p. 6.