Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 864/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and adapting it by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Accession Treaty, agricultural product, aid system, common agricultural policy, farmers' income, production aid

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Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 864/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and
establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and adapting it by reason of the accession of the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European
Union

(Official Journal of the European Union L 161 of 30 April 2004)

Regulation (EC) No 864/2004 should read as follows:

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 864/2004

of 29 April 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes
under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and
adapting it by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,
subparagraph of
Article 37(2) thereof,

in particular

third

and

the

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton (1), annexed to the 1979
Act of Accession, and in particular paragraph 6 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession concerning the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (2), and in particular Article 2(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia (3), and in particular Article 57(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (5),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1)

The de-coupling of direct producer support and the
introduction of the single payment scheme are essential
elements in the process of reforming the common agri-
cultural policy aimed at moving away from a policy of

(1) OJ L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 174. Protocol as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1050/2001 (OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.
(4) Opinion delivered on10 March 2004 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

farmer
price and production support
income support. Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (6)
introduced these elements for a variety of agricultural
products.

to a policy of

In order to meet the objectives that lay at the heart of
the reform of
the
support
for cotton, olive oil, raw tobacco and hops
should be largely de-coupled and integrated into the
single payment scheme.

the common agricultural policy,

The rules on direct support schemes laid down in Regu-
lation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be adapted to allow
their implementation in the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia.

In the reference period
2000 to 2002, no direct
producer aid for cotton existed. However, under the
arrangements in force during that period, Community
support was indirectly received by the producers via an
aid to the ginners.

A complete integration in the single payment scheme of
the current support scheme in the cotton sector would
bring a significant risk of production disruption to the
cotton producer regions of the Community. A part of
the support should therefore continue to be linked to
the cultivation of cotton through a crop specific
payment per eligible hectare.
Its amount should be
calculated in such a way so as to ensure economic
conditions which, in regions which lend themselves to
that crop, enable activity in the cotton sector to continue
and prevent cotton from being driven out by other
crops. In order to achieve that goal, it is justified that the
total available aid per hectare per Member State is set at
35 % of the national share of the aid that went indirectly
to the producers.

(5) Opinion delivered on26 February 2004 (not yet published in the

(6) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by

Official Journal).

Regulation (EC) No 583/2004 (OJ L 91, 30.3.2004, p. 1).

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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The remaining 65 % of the national share of the aid that
went indirectly to the producers should be available for
the single payment scheme.

(13)

For environmental reasons, a base area per Member
State should be established in order to limit the areas
sown under cotton. In addition, the eligible areas should
be restricted to those authorised by the Member States.

The remaining part of the production aid payments in
the olive sector during the reference period should be
retained by the Member States, as national envelopes, for
the granting to farmers of an aid to contribute to the
maintenance of olive groves of environmental or social
value, including aspects of local traditions and culture, in
particular in marginal areas. Holdings of less than 0,3
olive GIS-ha should be equally eligible. For reasons of
simplification, payments under this scheme should be of
an amount of at least EUR 50.

In order to allow producers and ginners to enhance the
quality of the cotton, the establishment of inter-branch
organisations, to be approved by the Member States,
should be encouraged. These organisations should be
financed by their members. The Community should
contribute indirectly to the activities of these organisa-
tions via an increase of the aid to those farmers who are
members of the organisations.

(14) Member States should be afforded the possibility of
withholding the amount necessary to finance activities in
the olive oil sector related to product quality, monitoring
and information, which are carried out under work
programmes drawn up by approved operator's organisa-
tions.

To foster quality supplies to the industry, the approved
organisations should be authorised to differentiate the
aid to which their producer-members are entitled in
accordance with a scale adopted by them. The scale,
approved by the Member States, should take account of
criteria to be established.

(10) A complete integration in the single payment scheme of
the current production-linked support scheme in the
olive sector could bring problems to certain traditional
producer regions of the Community. There is a certain
risk of widespread disruption to olive tree maintenance,
which could in turn lead to degradation of land cover
and landscape or have negative social impacts. A part of
the support could therefore be linked to the maintenance
of olive groves of environmental or social value.

(11)

the single payment

Consequently, at least 60 % of the average of the produc-
tion aid payments in the olive sector during the refer-
ence period 2000 to 2002 should be converted into
entitlements under
the
calculation of the entitlements for each individual farmer
should be based on the marketing years 1999/2000,
2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03. However, holdings of
a size of less than 0,3 olive GIS-ha, established on the
basis of the geographical
information system for olive
cultivation, should, for reasons of equity, be fully inte-
grated in the scheme.

scheme;

(12)

The number of hectares to be included in the calculation
of the single payment entitlement should be established
on the basis of the geographical information system for
olive cultivation, which henceforth is to be part of the
integrated administration and control system.

(15) Only areas corresponding either to olives trees planted
before 1 May 1998 or to replacing trees or covered by a
programme approved by the Commission are eligible for
production aid under the current scheme and should
therefore be the only ones to be included under the
single payment scheme as well as be eligible under the
olive grove payment scheme. For Cyprus and Malta, the
deadline should be 31 December 2001, in accordance
with the derogation provided for in Article 2(1) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 of 20 July 1998
amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establish-
ment of a common market organisation in oils and
fats (1).

(16)

(17)

For Cyprus and Malta, the maximum amounts of aid for
olive groves can be definitively established only after the
introduction of the geographical information system in
these Member States. It is therefore necessary to provide
for
the
maximum amounts set for these Member States.

the possibility of

revising the

figures of

support

scheme for producers of

raw
The current
tobacco should be partly de-coupled and integrated into
the single payment scheme and partly transferred into
the restructuring envelope. However, in order to avoid a
disruptive effect on production and local economies, and
to allow the market price to adjust to the new condi-
tions, Member States should be allowed during a transi-
tional period to retain up to 60 % of the production aid
payments in the tobacco sector coupled and to grant the
remaining part as decoupled aid.

(1) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32. Regulation as last amended by the

2003 Act of Accession.

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(18)

Farmers who have left the tobacco sector by partici-
pating in the quota buy-back programme set up in
accordance with Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 0n the common organisa-
tion of the market in raw tobacco and who are granted
aid under the single payment scheme, should not in
addition receive the buy-back price but should be able to
choose between the two types of payment. However, to
ensure a fair choice, a part of the buy-back price should
be paid in so far as this is necessary to compensate for
the difference between the amount of
tobacco aid
included in the calculation of the reference amount and
the buy-back price, where the latter
the amount of
amount is higher.

(23)

In order to ensure the harmonious continuation of the
payment of income aid to producers in the cotton, olive
oil and tobacco sectors, the option of postponing the
these support schemes in the single
integration of
payment scheme should not apply.

(24) On the basis of new data the national guaranteed area

for nuts in Poland has to be increased.

(25)

In order to ensure that the modifications made for the
new Member States can enter into force by the date of
accession, this Regulation has to enter into force by 1
May 2004,

(19) As regards the premium that will continue to be granted
for tobacco production during the years 2006 and
2007, an amount equal to 4 % for the first year and 5 %
for the second year should be transferred to the Com-
munity Tobacco Fund,
financing
actions of information for improving public awareness
of the harmful effects of tobacco consumption.

for the purpose of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(20)

(21)

(22)

The full
integration of hops in the single payment
scheme enables the hops farmer to receive a stable
income. If the farmer decides, for example as a result of
the conditions of the market or for structural reasons, to
abandon the growing and harvesting of hops, he can
freely decide to do so without being without income.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1. the third indent of Article 1 is replaced by the following:

implications,

In order to deal with specific market situations or with
regional
the Member State concerned
should be afforded the possibility of retaining a certain
percentage of the de-coupled aid. In this case, Member
States may allocate the retained component
fully or
partially to farmers producing hops via an area aid and/
or to recognised producer groups to enable them to
carry out certain tasks.

‘- support schemes for farmers producing durum wheat,
protein crops, rice, nuts, energy crops, starch potatoes,
milk, seeds, arable crops, sheep meat and goat meat,
beef and veal, grain legumes, cotton, tobacco, hops, as
well as for farmers maintaining olive groves.’;

2. Article 11(1) is replaced by the following:

The de-coupling of the aid for cotton and raw tobacco
might require actions towards restructuring. Additional
Community support for the production regions of the
Member States in which Community aid for cotton and
raw tobacco was granted during 2000, 2001 and 2002
should be made available by a transfer of funds from
heading 1(a) to heading 1(b) of the financial perspec-
tives. This additional support should be used as provided
for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17
May 1999 on support for rural development from the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF) (1).

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1783/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 70).

the amounts

the financing of

Starting with the 2007 budget, with a view to
‘1.
ensuring that
the
for
common agricultural policy currently under subheading 1a
(market measures and direct aids) respect the annual ceil-
ings set out in the Decision of the Representatives of the
Governments of the Member States, meeting within the
Council on 18 November 2002, concerning the Conclu-
sions of the European Council meeting in Brussels on
24 and 25 October 2002, an adjustment of the direct
payments shall be fixed when the forecasts for the finan-
cing of the measures under subheading 1a for a given
budget year,
increased by the amounts given in Articles
143d and 143e and before application of modulation
provided for in Article 10(2), indicate that the abovemen-
tioned annual ceiling, taking into account a margin of EUR
300 million below that ceiling, will be exceeded. This is
without prejudice to the financial perspective for 2007 to
2013.’;

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3. the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) is replaced by

the following:

‘This data base shall,
in particular, allow direct and
immediate consultation, through the competent authority
of the Member State, of the data relating to the calendar
and/or marketing years starting from the year 2000 and,
for aid granted under Chapter 10b of Title IV, from 1 May
1998.’;

4. Article 20 is replaced by the following:

2.
Farmers who have participated in the tobacco quota
buy-back scheme according to Regulation (EEC) No 2075/
92 shall be entitled to either the single payment or the
quota buy-back price. However, where the quota buy-back
price is higher than the amount calculated for tobacco to
be included in the reference amount, the farmer shall still
be entitled, in addition to the single payment, to a part of
the buy-back price
corresponding to the difference
between the price amount and the amount calculated in
accordance with point I of Annex VII to this Regulation.’;

‘Article 20

7.

in Article 37(1) the following subparagraph is added:

Identification system for agricultural parcels

1.
The identification system for agricultural parcels shall
be established on the basis of maps or land registry docu-
ments or other cartographic references. Use shall be made
information system techni-
of computerised geographical
ques including preferably aerial or spatial orthoimagery,
with a homogenous standard guaranteeing accuracy at
least equivalent to cartography at a scale of 1:10000.

2.
The identification system shall, where appropriate,
include a geographical information system for olive culti-
vation, consisting of a computerised alphanumerical data-
base and a computerised graphical reference database for
olive trees and areas concerned.’;

5. Article 22 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 1, the following indent shall be inserted

after the first indent:

‘- the number of olive trees and their positioning in

the parcel, ’;

(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

A Member State may decide that the aid applica-
‘2.
tion needs to contain only changes with respect to the
aid application submitted the previous year. A Member
State shall distribute pre-printed forms based on the
areas determined in the previous year and supply
graphic material indicating the location of those areas
and, where appropriate, the positioning of olive trees.’;

6. Article 35 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 35

Double claims

‘However, for olive oil the reference amount shall be the
four-year average of the total amounts of payments which
a farmer was granted under the olive oil support scheme
referred to in Annex VI, calculated and adjusted according
to Annex VII, during the marketing years 1999/2000,
2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03.’;

8. Article 40(5) is replaced by the following:

Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall apply,
‘5.
mutatis mutandis,
to farmers who, during the reference
period, were under agri-environmental commitments in
accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2078/92 (*)and
(EC) No 1257/1999, to hop farmers who, during the same
period, were under a grubbing-up commitment in accord-
ance with Regulation (EC) No 1098/98 (**), as well as to
tobacco farmers who have participated in the quota
buy-back programme in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
No 2075/92.

In the case where the measures referred to in the first sub-
paragraph covered both the reference period and the
period referred to in paragraph 2, Member States shall
establish, according to objective criteria and in such a way
as to ensure equal treatment between farmers and to avoid
market and competition distortions, a reference amount in
accordance with the detailed rules to be laid down by the
Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 144(2).

(*) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 85.
(**) OJ L 157, 30.5.1998, p. 7.’

9.

in Article 42(9) the date of 29 September 2003 is replaced
by the date of 15 May 2004;

10. point (a) of Article 43(2) is replaced by the following:

1.
The area corresponding to the number of eligible
hectares as defined in Article 44(2) in respect of which a
single payment application is submitted may be the subject
of an application for any other direct payment as well as
for any other aid not covered by this Regulation, save as
otherwise provided.

‘(a) in case of potato starch, dried fodder, seed, olive
the
groves and tobacco aids listed in Annex VII,
number of hectares whose production has been
granted the aid in the reference period as calculated in
points B, D, F, H and I of Annex VII;’;

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11. the following subparagraph is added to Article 44(2):

‘“Eligible hectare” shall also mean areas planted with hops
or being under a temporary resting obligation, or areas as
calculated in the second subparagraph of point H of
Annex VII under olive trees planted before 1 May 1998,
except for Cyprus and Malta, for which the date shall be
31 December 2001, or new olive trees replacing existing
olive trees or olive trees within approved planting schemes
and registered into a geographic information system.’;

12. Article 51 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 51

Agricultural use of the land

Farmers may use the parcels declared in accordance with
Article 44(3) for any agricultural activity except for:

(a) permanent crops, apart from olive trees planted before
1 May 1998, except for Cyprus and Malta, for which
the date shall be 31 December 2001, or new olive
trees replacing existing olive trees or olive trees within
approved planting schemes and registered into a
geographic information system or hops;

(b) the production of

referred to in
Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (*)and in
Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 (**).

the products

States may decide

to allow
However, Member
secondary crops
to be cultivated on the eligible
hectares during a period of maximum three months
the
starting each year on 15 August; however, at
request of a Member State, this date is modified in
accordance with
down in
Article 144(2) for regions where cereals are normally
harvested earlier for climatic reasons;

procedure

laid

the

(c) potatoes other than those intended for the manufacture
of potato starch for which aid is granted under Article
93.

(*) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(**) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.’

13. Article 60(1) is replaced by the following:

the production of products referred to in Article 1(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 or in Article 1(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2201/96 and of potatoes other than those
intended for the manufacture of potato starch for which
aid is granted under Article 93 of this Regulation, except
permanent crops, apart from hops or olive trees planted
before 1 May 1998 or new olive trees replacing existing
olive trees or olive trees within approved planting schemes
and registered into a geographic information system.’;

14. Article 64(2) is amended as follows:

(a) in the first subparagraph ‘Articles 66, 67, 68 and 69’ is

replaced by ‘Articles 66, 67, 68, 68a and 69’;

(b) in the second subparagraph ‘Articles 66, 67, 68 and
69’ is replaced by ‘Articles 66, 67, 68, 68a and 69’;

15. Article 65(1) is amended as follows:

‘Articles 66, 67, 68 and 69’ is replaced by ‘Articles 66, 67,
68, 68a and 69’;

16.

in section 2 of Chapter 5 of Title III, the following Article
is inserted:

‘Article 68a

Hops payments

In the case of hops payments, Member States may retain
up to 25 % of the component of national ceilings referred
to in Article 41 corresponding to the hops area payments
and the temporary resting aid referred to in Annex VI.

In this case and within the limit of the ceiling fixed in
accordance with Article 64(2),
State
concerned shall make, on a yearly basis, an additional
payment to farmers and/or a payment to producer groups
recognised
of
in
Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.

accordance with Article

the Member

7(3)

The additional payment shall be granted to farmers produ-
cing hops on a per hectare basis, at a maximum level of
25 % of the per hectare payments referred to in Annex VI
to be granted under the conditions provided for in Chapter
10d of Title IV.

‘1. Where a Member State makes use of the option
provided for in Article 59, farmers may, by way of deroga-
tion from Article 51 and in accordance with this Article,
also use the parcels declared according to Article 44(3) for

The payment
to recognised producer groups shall be
granted to finance the activities referred to in Article
7(1)(a) to (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.’;

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17. Article 71 is amended as follows:

‘Chapter 10a

(a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1:

Crop specific payment for cotton

‘For hops, the transitional period referred to in the first
subparagraph shall expire on 31 December 2005. The
transitional period referred to in the first subparagraph
shall not apply in respect of cotton, olive oil and table
olives and tobacco.’;

(b) the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by

the following:

‘Without prejudice to Article 70(2), in the transitional
period the Member State concerned shall apply the
direct payments referred to in Annex VI under the
conditions established, respectively, in Chapters 3,6 to
10 and 10d to 13 of Title IV of this Regulation, Article
6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, Article 9 of
Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001, Articles 13 and 22(2)
to (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001, and Article 5
of Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001, within the limit of
budgetary ceilings corresponding to the components of
these direct payments in the national ceiling referred to
in Article 41, fixed in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 144(2) of this Regulation, for
each of the direct payments.’;

18.

in Article 71g, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

Farmers may, by way of derogation from Article 51
‘1.
and in accordance with the provisions of this Article, also
use the parcels declared according to Article 44(3) for the
production referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2200/96,
in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 and potatoes other than those intended for the
manufacture of potato starch for which aid is granted
under Article 93 of this Regulation, except permanent
crops, apart from hops or olive trees planted before 1 May
in Cyprus and Malta, before 31 December
1998 and,
2001, or new olive trees replacing existing olive trees or
olive trees within approved planting schemes and regis-
tered into a geographic information system.’;

19. Article 84 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

A maximum guaranteed area of 815 600 ha is

‘2.
hereby established.’;

Article 110a

Scope

Aid shall be granted to farmers producing cotton, falling
within CN code 5201 00 under the conditions laid down
in this Chapter.

Article 110b

Eligibility

1.
The aid shall be granted per hectare of eligible area
of cotton. In order to be eligible, the area shall be located
on agricultural
land authorised by the Member State for
cotton production, sown under authorised varieties and
maintained at least until the boll opening under normal
growing conditions.

However, if the cotton does not attain the stage of boll
opening as a result of exceptional weather conditions
recognised as such by the Member State, areas fully sown
under cotton shall remain eligible for aid provided that the
areas in question have up to the boll opening not been
used for any other purpose than for the production of
cotton.

2. Member States shall authorise the land and the vari-
eties referred to in paragraph 1 in accordance with detailed
rules and conditions to be adopted in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 144(2).

Article 110c

Base areas and amounts

1.

A national base area is hereby established for:

— Greece: 370 000 ha

— Spain: 70 000 ha

— Portugal: 360 ha.

The amount of the aid per eligible hectare shall be

2.
in:

— Greece:

EUR 594

for

300 000

hectares

and

EUR 342.85 for the remaining 70 000 hectares

— Spain: EUR 1 039

— Portugal: EUR 556.

(b) in paragraph 3, for Poland, the national guaranteed

area of 1 000 ha is replaced by 4 200 ha.;

20. the following Chapters is inserted in Title IV:

3.
If the eligible area of cotton in a given Member State
and in a given year exceeds the base area laid down in
paragraph 1, the aid referred to in paragraph 2 for that
Member State shall be reduced proportionately to the
overrun of the base area.

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However, for Greece the proportionate reduction shall be
applied in respect of the amount of the aid fixed for the
part of the national base area composed of the 70 000
hectares in order to respect the global amount of EUR
202,2 million.

amount of EUR 10. However, in case of differentiation, the
aid shall be granted per eligible hectare pursuant to Article
110c adjusted in accordance with Article 110e(1). The
adjusted amount shall be increased by an amount of
EUR 10.

Detailed rules for the implementation of this Article
4.
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 144(2).

Article 110d

Approved inter-branch organisations

For

the purpose of

1.
this Chapter, an “approved
inter-branch organisation” shall mean a legal entity made
up of farmers producing cotton and at least one ginner,
aiming at, in particular, the supply of qualitatively suitable
unginned cotton to the ginner. The Member State in
whose territory the ginners are established shall approve
the organisation that respects the criteria to be adopted in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
144(2).

The approved inter-branch organisation shall be

2.
financed by its members.

Article 110e

Differentiation of aid by approved inter-branch orga-
nisations

1.
The approved inter-branch organisation may decide
that a maximum of half of the total amount of the aid to
which its farmer-members are entitled on the basis of the
areas eligible pursuant to Article 110b(1) is differentiated
according to a scale fixed by it.

The scale referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
2.
approved by the Member State and shall respect
the
criteria to be adopted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 144(2). These criteria shall concern,
in particular, the quality of the unginned cotton to be
delivered, adapted to the environmental and economic
conditions of the zones concerned.

Article 110f

Payment of aid

Farmers shall be granted the aid per eligible hectare

1.
pursuant to Article 110c.

Farmers who

2.
an approved
are members
inter-branch organisation shall be granted an aid per
eligible hectare pursuant to Article 110c, increased by an

of

Chapter 10b

Aid for olive groves

Article 110g

Scope

Aid shall be granted to farmers as a contribution to the
maintenance of olive groves of environmental or social
value according to the conditions laid down in this
Chapter.

Article 110h

Eligibility

Payment of the aid shall be subject to the following condi-
tions:

(a) the olive grove shall be registered in the geographic

information system referred to in Article 20(2);

(b) only surfaces corresponding either

to olive trees
planted before 1 May 1998, except for Cyprus and
Malta, for which the date shall be 31 December 2001,
surfaces covered by a
or
programme approved by the Commission shall be
eligible for the aid;

to replacing trees or

(c) the number of olive trees in the olive grove shall not
differ by more than 10 % from the number registered
on 1 January 2005 in the geographic information
system referred to in Article 20(2);

(d) the olive grove shall comply with the features of the

olive grove category under which aid is claimed;

(e) the aid applied for shall amount to at least EUR 50 per

application.

Article 110i

Amount

1.
The aid for olive groves shall be granted per olive
GIS-ha. An olive GIS-ha shall be the area unit used in a
common method to be established in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 144(2) on the basis of data
from the geographical information system for olive cultiva-
tion referred to in Article 20(2).

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2. Within the maximum amounts established in para-
graph 3, and after deduction of
the amount withheld
pursuant to paragraph 4, Member States shall fix an aid
per olive GIS-ha of up to a maximum of five categories of
olive grove areas.

finance of work programmes drawn up by approved
operators' organisations pursuant to Article 8 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 of 29 April 2004 on the
common organisation of the market in olive oil and table
olives (*).

These categories shall be established in accordance with a
common framework of environmental and social criteria,
including aspects related to landscape and social tradition,
to be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 144(2). In this context, particular attention shall
be given to the maintenance of olive groves in marginal
areas.

3. Where the coefficient of 0,4, resulting from the
application of the coefficient of 0,6 laid down in Annex
VII (H) is applied, the maximum amount of aid referred to
in paragraph 2 shall be as follows:

France

Greece

Italy

Cyprus

Malta

Spain

Portugal

Slovenia

EUR million

2,11

208,14

272,05

2,93

0,07

412,45

22,66

0,17

Member States
shall allocate the maximum amount
between the different categories in accordance with objec-
tive criteria and in a non-discriminatory manner. For each
category, the aid per olive GIS-ha may amount to, but may
not exceed, the level of the maintenance costs excluding
harvest costs.

Should Member States decide upon a decrease in the coef-
ficient of 0,4 the maximum amount of the aid referred to
in the above table, as well as the Annexes VIII and VIIIa,
shall be adjusted in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 144(2).

The maximum amounts of aid set for Cyprus and Malta
are provisional. They may be revised in 2005 after the
introduction of
information system
referred to in Article 20(2), in accordance with the proce-
dure provided for in Article 144(2), to adjust the Cypriot
and Maltese maximum amount of aid accordingly.

the geographical

4. Member States may withhold up to 10 % of
the
amounts referred to in paragraph 3 to ensure Community

However, should a Member State decide to apply a higher
coefficient than 0,6 as laid down in Annex VII (H), it may
withhold a maximum of 10 % of the olive oil component
in the national ceiling referred to in Article 41 to ensure
Community financing of the work programmes referred to
in the first subparagraph. This maximum amount shall be
fixed in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 144(2).

Chapter 10c

Tobacco Aid

Article 110j

Scope of application

For the harvest years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 aid
may be granted to farmers producing raw tobacco, falling
within CN code 2401, under the conditions laid down in
this Chapter.

Article 110k

Eligibility

The aid shall be granted to farmers who received a tobacco
premium payment in accordance with Regulations (EEC)
No 2075/92 in the calendar years 2000, 2001 and 2002,
and to farmers who acquired tobacco production quotas
during the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2005.
The payment of the aid shall be subject to the following
conditions:

(a) the tobacco must come from a production area
referred to in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2848/98 (**);

(b) the quality requirements defined in Regulation (EC) No

2848/98 must be fulfilled;

(c) the leaf tobacco must be delivered by the farmer to the
the first processor under a cultivation

premises of
contract;

(d) it shall be made in such a way as to ensure equal treat-
ment between farmers and/or according to objective
criteria such as location of tobacco producers in an
Objective 1 region or the production of varieties of a
certain quality.

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Article 110l

Amount

— located in hop production areas as published by the
Commission pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1784/77 (***),

1. Where a coefficient of 0,6, resulting from the appli-
cation of the coefficient of 0,4 laid down in Annex VII (I)
is applied, the maximum amount of the total of the aid,
including the amounts to be transferred to the Community
Tobacco Fund referred to in Article 110m, shall be as
follows:

Belgium

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Austria

Portugal

2006 - 2009
EUR million

2,374

21,287

227,331

70,599

48,217

200,821

0,606

10,161

— planted with hops, and

— actually harvested.

(*) See page 97 of this Official Journal.
(**) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17. Regulation as last
(EC)
Commission

amended
Regulation
No 1983/2002 (OJ L 306, 8.11.2002, p. 8).
(***) OJ L 200, 8.8.1977, p. 1. Regulation as last

by

amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.’

21.

in Title IVa, Article 143c(2) after the first sentence of point
(a) the following sentence is inserted:

‘However, for the direct payments referred to in Chapter 7
of Title IV of this Regulation the following maximum rates
shall apply: 85 % in 2004, 90 % in 2005, 95 % in 2006
and 100 % as from 2007.’;

22. the following Title IVb is inserted:

Should Member States decide upon a decrease in the coef-
ficient of 0,6, the maximum amount of the aid referred to
in the above table, as well as Annex VIII, shall be adjusted
in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
144(2).

Article 143d

‘TITLE IVB

Financial transfers

Article 110m

Transfer to the Community Tobacco Fund

An amount equal to 4 % for the calendar year 2006 and
5 % for the calendar year 2007 of the aid granted in
accordance with this Chapter shall finance actions of infor-
mation under the Community Tobacco Fund provided for
in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2075/92.

Chapter 10d

Hops area aid

Article 110n

Scope of application

Aid shall be granted to farmers producing hops falling
within CN code 1210, under the conditions laid down in
this Chapter.

Article 110o

Eligibility

Eligible areas shall be areas that are:

Financial
regions

transfer for restructuring in the cotton

As from budget year 2007, an amount of EUR [22
million], originating from the average expenditure for
cotton in the years 2000, 2001 and 2002, shall be avail-
able per calendar year as additional Community support
for measures in cotton producing regions under rural
development programming financed under the EAGGF
“Guarantee” Section according to Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999.

Article 143e

Financial
regions

transfer for restructuring in the tobacco

As from budget year 2011, an amount of EUR 484
million representing 50 percent of the three-year average
total aid amount in the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 for
the subsidised tobacco shall be available as additional
Community support for measures in tobacco producing
regions under rural development programming financed
under the EAGGF “Guarantee” Section according to Regu-
lation (EC) No 1257/1999, for those Member States in
which the tobacco producers received aid in accordance
with Regulation (EC) No 2075/92 during the years 2000,
2001 and 2002’.

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23. the following points are added to Article 145:

26. the following paragraphs are inserted in Article 153:

‘(r) with regard to cotton, detailed rules in respect of:

— the calculation of the reduction of the aid provided

for in Article 110c(3),

— the approved inter-branch organisations, in particu-
lar their financing and a control and sanction
system;

(s) with regard to the single payment scheme, detailed
rules for the calculation and/or for the adjustment of
payment entitlements, for the purpose of integrating in
the scheme production aid to cotton, olive oil, tobacco
and hops.’;

Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 (*)is hereby
‘4a.
repealed. However, it shall continue to apply in respect of
marketing year 2005/06.

Regulation (EC) No 1098/98 is hereby repealed.
4b.
However it shall continue to apply until 31 December
2005 if a Member State decides to apply the single
payment scheme after the transitional period for hops
referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 71(1) of
this Regulation.

(*) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.’

24. the following Articles are inserted after Article 151:

27. the following Article is inserted:

‘Article 151a

‘Article 155a

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 546/2002

Regulation (EC) No 546/2002 is amended as follows:

1.

in Articles 1 and 2 and in Annex I, “harvests 2002,
2003 and 2004” shall be replaced by “harvests 2002,
2003, 2004 and 2005”;

2. the title of the second table set out in Annex II is

replaced by the following:

“The guaranteed thresholds for the harvests 2003, 2004
and 2005”;

Article 151b

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2075/92

In Article 13(1) the following indent shall be added:

“- 3 % of the premium for the harvest 2005”.’;

By 31 December 2009, the Commission shall submit a
report to the Council on the implementation of this Regu-
lation with regard to cotton, olive oil, table olives and
olive groves, tobacco and hops, accompanied, if necessary,
by appropriate proposals.’;

28. the following points are added to Article 156(2):

‘(g) Title IV, Chapter 10a, shall apply as from1 January

2006 for the cotton sown as from that date;

(h) Title IV, Chapter 10b, shall apply as from marketing

year 2005/06.’;

29. the Annexes are amended in accordance with the Annex

to this Regulation.

Article 2

25. the following points are added to Article 152:

1.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2004.

‘(d) Titles I and II of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92.
However, they shall continue to apply to applications
for direct payments in respect of the 2005 harvest;

It shall apply as from 1 January 2006 except for the

2.
following provisions:

(e) Articles 12 and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
1696/71 (*). However, they shall continue to apply to
the
applications for direct payments in respect of
2004 harvest and of the 2005 harvest if a Member
State decides to apply the single payment scheme after
the transitional period for hops referred to in the third
subparagraph of Article 71(1) of this Regulation.

(*) OJ L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1. Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2320/2003 (OJ L
345, 31.12.2003, p. 18).’

(a) Article 1(9), (18), (19), (21) and (24) as well as (29) as
regards Annexes VIII and VIIIa which shall apply as from
the date of entry into force of this Regulation;

(b) Article 1(1) as regards the insertion of hops, (8), (11) as
regards hops, (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17) as regards
hops, (20) as regards Chapter 10d , (25) as regards point
(e), (26) as regards 4b, (29) as regards Annexes I, VI and VII
for the parts concerning hops which shall apply as from 1
January 2005.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 2004.

For the Council

The President

M. McDOWELL

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The Annexes are hereby amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

List of support schemes fulfilling the criteria set out in Article 1

Sector

Legal base

Notes

Single payment

Title III of this Regulation

Decoupled payment (see Annex VI) (*)

Single area payment

Title IVa, Article 143b of this Regulation

Decoupled payment replacing all the direct payments
referred to in this Annex

Durum wheat

Protein crop

Rice

Nuts

Energy crops

Starch potato

Title IV, Chapter 1 of this Regulation

Area aid (quality premium)

Title IV, Chapter 2 of this Regulation

Title IV, Chapter 3 of this Regulation

Title IV, Chapter 4 of this Regulation

Title IV, Chapter 5 of this Regulation

Area aid

Area aid

Area aid

Area aid

Title IV, Chapter 6 of this Regulation

Production aid

Milk and dairy products

Title IV, Chapter 7 of this Regulation

Dairy premium and additional payment

Arable
certain regions of Sweden

crop in Finland and in

Title IV, Chapter 8 of this Regulation (**) (*****)

Specific regional aid for arable crops

Seeds

Title IV, Chapter 9 of this Regulation (**) (*****)

Production aid

Arable crops

Title IV, Chapter 10 of this Regulation (***) (*****)

Sheep and goats

Title IV, Chapter 11 of this Regulation (***) (*****)

Beef and veal

Title IV, Chapter 12 of this Regulation (*****)

including set-aside payments, grass silage
Area aid,
payments, supplementary amounts (**), durum wheat
supplement and special aid

Ewe and she-goat premium, supplementary premium
and certain additional payments

Special premium (***), deseasonalisation premium,
suckler cow premium (including when paid for heifers
and including the additional national suckler cow
slaughter
co-financed)
premium when
premium (***), extensification payment, additional
payments

(***),

Grain legumes

Title IV, Chapter 13 of this Regulation (*****)

Area aid

Specific
quality production

types of

Dried fodder

farming

and

Article 69 of this Regulation (****)

Article 71(2) second subparagraph of this Regulation
(*****)

Small farmers' scheme

Article 2a Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999

Transitional area aid for farmers receiving less than
EUR 1 250

Olive oil

Silkworms

Bananas

Title IV, Chapter 10b of this Regulation

Area aid

Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 845/72

Aid to encourage rearing

Article 12 Regulation (EEC) No 404/93

Production aid

Dried grapes

Article 7(1) Regulation (EC) No 2201/96

Area aid

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Sector

Legal base

Notes

Tobacco

Hops

POSEIDOM

POSEIMA

POSEICAN

Aegean Islands

Title IV, Chapter 10c of this Regulation

Production aid

Title IV, Chapter 10d of this Regulation (***) (*****)

Area aid

Articles 9 (**) (*****), 12(2) and 16 Regulation (EC)
No 1452/2001

Articles 13 (**) (*****), 16, 17 and 28(1), 21, 22(2) to
(4) (**) (*****) and (7), 27, 29 and 30(1), (2) and (4)
Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001

Articles 5 (**) (*****), 9 and 14 Regulation (EC) No
1454/2001

Articles 6 (**) (*****), 8, 11 and 12 Regulation (EEC)
No 2019/93

Sectors: beef and veal; sugar; green vanilla

Sectors: beef and veal; milk; potatoes; sugar; wicker;
pineapples, tobacco, seed potatoes, chicory and tea

Sectors: beef and veal, sheep and goat; potatoes

Sectors: beef and veal; potatoes; olives; honey

Cotton

Title IV, Chapter 10a of this Regulation

Area aid

(*) Starting from 1 January 2005 or later in the case of application of Article 71. For 2004, or later on in case of application of Article 71, the direct payments listed in

Annex VI are included in Annex I except dried fodder and cotton.

(**) Where Article 70 is applied.
(***) Where Articles 66, 67, 68 or 68a are applied.
(****) Where Article 69 is applied.
(*****) Where Article 71 is applied.';

2. Annex II is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX II

National ceilings referred to in Article 12(2)

Member State

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Belgium

Denmark

4,7

7,7

6,2

7,7

7,7

7,7

7,7

7,7

7,7

10,3

12,9

12,9

12,9

12,9

12,9

12,9

Germany

40,4

54,6

68,3

68,3

68,3

68,3

68,3

68,3

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

45,4

60,6

75,7

75,7

75,7

75,7

75,7

75,7

56,9

76,5

95,5

95,5

95,5

95,5

95,5

95,5

51,4

68,7

85,9

85,9

85,9

85,9

85,9

85,9

15,3

20,4

25,5

25,5

25,5

25,5

25,5

25,5

62,3

83,7

104,6

104,6

104,6

104,6

104,6

104,6

Luxembourg

Netherlands

0,2

6,8

0,3

9,2

0,4

0,4

0,4

0,4

0,4

0,4

11,5

11,5

11,5

11,5

11,5

11,5

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

12,4

17,1

21,3

21,3

21,3

21,3

21,3

21,3

10,8

14,6

18,2

18,2

18,2

18,2

18,2

18,2

8,0

6,6

10,8

13,6

13,6

13,6

13,6

13,6

13,6

8,8

11,0

11,0

11,0

11,0

11,0

11,0

United Kingdom

17,7

23,6

29,5

29,5

29,5

29,5

29,5

29,5

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2.a. Annex IV is amended as follows:

the last two indents of the second column shall be replaced by the following:

— ‘Retention of landscape features, including, where appropriate, the prohibition of the grubbing up of olive trees

— Avoiding the encroachment of unwanted vegetation on agricultural land

— Maintenance of olive groves in good vegetative condition.’;

3. Annex V is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX V

Compatible support schemes referred to in Article 26

Sector

Legal base

Notes

Dried grapes

Agri-environment

Article 7(1) Regulation (EC) No
2201/96

Area-related aid

Title II, chapter VI (Articles 22 to
24) and Article 55(3) Regulation
(EC) No 1257/1999

Area-related aid

Forestry

Article 31 and Article 55(3) Regu-
lation (EC) No 1257/1999

Area-related aid

Less-favoured areas and areas with
environmental restrictions

Title II, chapter V (Articles 13
to 21)and Article 55(3) Regulation
(EC) No 1257/1999

Area-related aid

Dried fodder

Articles 10 and 11 Regulation (EC)
No 603/95

Production aid

Citrus for processing

Article 1 Regulation (EC) No
2202/96

Production aid

Tomatoes for processing

Article 2 Regulation (EC) No
2201/96

Production aid

Wine

Articles 11 to 15 Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999

Restructuring aid

4. the following rows are added to Annex VI:

'Cotton

Olive oil

Tobacco

Hops

Paragraph 3 of Protocol 4 on
cotton annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece

Support
unginned cotton

through the payment

for

Article 5 Regulation 136/66/EEC

Production aid

Article 3 Regulation (EEC) No
2075/92

Production aid

Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No
1696/71

Area aid

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
1098/98

Temporary resting aid';

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5. the following is added to Annex VII:

‘G. Cotton

Where a farmer has declared areas sown under cotton, Member States shall calculate the amount to be included
in the reference amount by multiplying the number of hectares, to two decimal places, which produced cotton
that was granted aid pursuant to paragraph 3 of Protocol 4 on cotton (*) in each year of the reference period,
by the following amounts per hectare:

— EUR 966 for Greece,

— EUR 1 509 for Spain,

— EUR 1 202 for Portugal.

H. Olive oil

Where a farmer has received olive oil production aid, the amount shall be calculated by multiplying the
number of tonnes for which such a payment has been granted in the reference period (i.e. respectively, in each
of the marketing years 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03) by the corresponding unit amount of aid,
expressed in EUR/tonne, as fixed in Commission Regulations (EC) No 1415/2001 (**), (EC) No 1271/2002 (***),
(EC) No 1221/2003 (****) and (EC) No 1794/2003 (*****), and multiplied by a 0,6 coefficient. However,
Member States may decide by 1 August 2005 to increase this coefficient. This coefficient shall not be applied to
farmers whose average number of olive GIS-ha during the reference period, excluding the number of olive GIS-
ha corresponding to additional trees planted outside any approved planting scheme after 1 May 1998, is less
than 0,3. The number of olive GIS-ha shall be calculated by a common method to be established in accordance
with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2) and on the basis of data from the geographic information
system for olive cultivation.

Where the aid payments during the reference period have been affected by application of the measures laid
down in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1638/98 (******), the calculation mentioned in the third sub-
paragraph shall be adjusted as follows:

— where the measures were applied to only one marketing year, the number of tonnes to be taken into
account for the year concerned shall be equal to the number of tonnes for which aid would have been
granted had the measures not been applied,

— where the measures were applied to two consecutive marketing years, the number of tonnes to be taken
into account for the first year concerned shall be established in accordance with the first indent, and the
number of tonnes to be taken into account for the following year shall be equal to the number of tonnes
for which aid was granted in respect of the last marketing year before the reference period which has not
been affected by an application of the said measures.

Member States shall calculate the number of hectares to be included in the calculation of the single payment as
the number of olive GIS-ha obtained by a common method to be established in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 144(2) and on the basis of data from the geographic information system for olive cultiva-
tion, excluding the number of olive GIS-ha of additional trees planted outside an approved planting scheme
after 1 May 1998, except for Cyprus and Malta, for which the date shall be 31 December 2001.

I. Raw tobacco

Where a farmer has received a tobacco premium payment, the amount to be included in the reference amount
shall be calculated by multiplying the three-year average number of kilograms from which such a payment was
granted, by the weighted three-year average aid amount granted per kilogram, taking into account the total
quantity of raw tobacco of all variety groups and multiplied by a 0,4 coefficient. Member States may decide to
increase this coefficient.

As from 2010 the coefficient shall be 0,5.

The number of hectares to be included in calculation of the single payment shall correspond to the area indi-
cated in the registered cultivation contracts for which the premium payment has been granted, respectively, in
each year of the reference period, and within the limits of a base area to be fixed by the Commission on the
basis of the total area as communicated to the Commission in accordance with Annex I(1.3) to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999 (*******).

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Where the aid payments during the reference period have been affected by an application of the measures laid
down in Article 50 of Regulation (EEC) No 2848/98, the calculation mentioned in the third subparagraph shall
be adjusted as follows:

— where the premium has been partly or totally reduced, the amounts of payment to be taken into account
for the year concerned shall be equal to the amounts which would have been granted without the reduc-
tion,

— where the production quota has been partly or totally reduced, the amounts of payment to be taken into
account for the year concerned shall be equal to the premium amounts that would have been granted in the
preceding year, without the reduction of the premium, provided that the production area indicated in the
last cultivation contract was not used for the cultivation of a crop eligible under any other direct support
scheme in the year concerned.

J. Hops

Where a farmer has received hops area aid or temporary resting aid, Member States shall calculate the amounts
to be included in the reference amount by multiplying the number of hectares, to two decimal places, for
which a payment has been granted, respectively, in each year of the reference period, by an amount of EUR
480 per hectare.

(*) OJ L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 174.
(**) OJ L, 191, 13.7.2001, p. 10.
(***) OJ L 184, 13.7.2002, p. 5.
(****) OJ L 170, 9.7.2003, p. 8.
(*****) OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 11.
(******) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.
(*******) OJ L 323, 15.12.1999, p. 4.’;

6. Annex VIII is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX VIII

National ceilings referred to in Article 41

Member State

2005

2006

2007, 2008 and
2009

2010 and
subsequent years

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

411

838

4 489

837

3 244

7 199

413

838

4 503

1 700

4 043

7 231

1 136

1 136

2 539

3 112

27

386

613

452

467

612

27

386

614

493

467

612

530

996

5 492

1 722

4 241

8 091

1 322

3 464

37

779

712

559

552

729

530

996

5 496

1 760

4 253

8 099

1 322

3 497

37

779

712

561

552

729

United Kingdom

3 351

3 351

3 869

3 8 69'

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7. Annex VIIIA is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX VIIIA

National ceilings referred to in Article 71c

The ceilings have been calculated taking account of the schedule of increments provided for in Article 143a, and
therefore do not require to be reduced.

(in million EUR)

Calendar year

Czech
Republic

Estonia

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Hungary

Malta

Poland

Slovenia

Slovakia

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Subsequent years

228,8

266,7

343,6

429,2

514,9

600,5

686,2

771,8

857,5

23,4

27,3

40,4

50,5

60,5

70,6

80,7

90,8

100,9

8,9

12,5

16,3

20,4

24,5

28,6

32,7

36,8

40,9

33,9

39,6

55,6

69,5

83,4

97,3

111,2

125,1

139,0

92,0

107,3

146,9

183,6

220,3

257,0

293,7

330,4

367,1

350,8

420,2

508,3

634,9

761,6

888,2

1 014,9

1 141,5

1 268,2

0,67

0,83

1,64

2,05

2,46

2,87

3,28

3,69

4,10

724,6

881,7

1 140,8

1 425,9

1 711,0

1 996,1

2 281,1

2 566,2

2 851,3

35,8

41,9

56,1

70,1

84,1

98,1

112,1

126,1

140,2

97,7

115,4

146,6

183,2

219,7

256,2

292,8

329,3

365,9'