Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
Date: 2006-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Northern Aegean, Southern Aegean, agricultural product, aid system, common agricultural policy, farmers' income, production aid, security of supply

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 2.6.2006 
COM(2006) 264 final 

2006/0093 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands  
and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

On  19  July  1993,  the  Council  adopted  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2019/93  introducing  specific 
measures  for  the  smaller  Aegean  islands  concerning  certain  agricultural  products.  These 
measures have proven to be effective in promoting agriculture and securing supplies to these 
islands. 

On the other hand, the administration of these arrangements leaves something to be desired; the 
management  of  the  two  strands  of  the  scheme,  i.e.  the  specific  supply  arrangements  and 
support  for  local  lines  of  production  in  the  smaller  Aegean  islands,  has  proven  somewhat 
inflexible. Adapting the supply balances to take account of even small fluctuations in demand 
requires the Commission to adopt legislation. 

The  arrangements  for  supporting  local  lines  of  production  are,  moreover,  fragmented  into 
several (micro-) measures established by the said Council regulation. It is not possible to adjust 
these  measures  without  an  inter-institutional  legislative  procedure,  which  slows  down 
Community action and hampers attempts to react as quickly as possible to specific situations in 
the smaller Aegean islands, even though often only modest sums are involved. 

In this respect, it is, therefore, proposed to change the philosophy behind the way assistance is 
provided  for  these  smaller  islands;  by  encouraging  participation  in  decision  making  and 
speeding up the response to their specific needs.  

This  Regulation  provides  for  the  submission  by  Greece  of  one  programme  concerning  the 
smaller  Aegean  islands.  This  programme  will  include  a  section  on  the  specific  supply 
arrangements for those agricultural products which are essential in the smaller Aegean islands 
for human consumption, as agricultural inputs or for processing, and another section on support 
for local production.  

The Regulation does not affect the sources of financing or the intensity of Community support. 

The Community will finance the programme under the EAGGF Guarantee Section at 100% up 
to  an  annual  ceiling  established  in  the  Council  Regulation.  Part  of  this  aid  will  have  to  be 
reserved for local agricultural production. The amounts have been calculated on the basis of the 
average expenditure on financing the specific supply arrangements during the reference period 
of 2003 and on the basis of expenditure ceilings applicable to support for local production. 

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2006/0093 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands  
and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular 
Articles 36 and 37 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament1, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

The particular geographical situation of some of the Aegean islands imposes additional 
transport  costs  in  supplying  products  which  are  essential  for  human  consumption,  for 
processing or as agricultural inputs. In addition, objective factors arising as a result of 
insularity  and  remoteness  impose  further  constraints  on  economic  operators  and 
producers  in  those  Aegean  islands  that  severely  handicap  their  activities.  In  certain 
cases,  operators  and  producers  suffer  from  double  insularity.  Those  handicaps  can  be 
alleviated  by  lowering  the  price  of  those  products.  It  is  therefore  appropriate  to 
introduce specific supply arrangements to guarantee supply to the Aegean islands and 
compensate for the additional costs arising from their remoteness, insularity and distant 
location. 

The problems experienced by the Aegean islands are accentuated by the lack of size of 
the  islands;  in  order  to  guarantee  the  effectiveness  of  the  measures  envisaged,  such 
measures should only apply to islands known as the ‘smaller islands’. 

Community  policy  to  assist  local  production  in  the  smaller  Aegean  islands  as 
established  by  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2019/93  of  19  July  1993  introducing 
specific  measures  for  the  smaller  Aegean  islands  concerning  certain  agricultural 
products2  has  involved  a  multitude  of  products  and  measures  for  their  production, 
marketing or processing. Those measures have proved effective and have ensured that 
agricultural  activities  have  been  maintained  and  developed.  The  Community  should 
continue to support the lines of production, which are a key factor in the environmental, 
social and economic equilibrium of the smaller Aegean islands. Experience has shown 
that,  as  in  the  case  of  rural  development  policy,  a  closer  partnership  with  the  local 
authorities can help to address the particular issues affecting the islands concerned in a 

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OJ  L  184,  27.7.1993,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  no  1782/2003  (OJ  L  270, 
21.10.2003, p.1). 

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(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

more targeted way. Support for local production should thus continue through general 
programme at the most appropriate geographical level, to be submitted by the Greece to 
the Commission. 

In  order  to  achieve  the  goal  of  lowering  prices  in  the  smaller  Aegean  islands  and 
mitigating the additional costs of their remoteness, insularity and distant location while 
maintaining the competitiveness of Community products, aid should be granted for the 
supply  of  community  products  to  the  smaller  Aegean  islands.  Such  aid  should  take 
account of the additional cost of transport to the smaller Aegean islands and, in the case 
of  agricultural  inputs  and  products  intended  for  processing,  the  additional  costs  of 
insularity and distant location. 

Since  the  quantities  covered  by  the  specific  supply  arrangements  are  limited  to  the 
supply  requirements  of  the  smaller  Aegean  islands,  those  arrangements  do  not  impair 
the proper functioning of the internal market. Nor should the economic advantages of 
the specific supply arrangements provoke diversions of trade in the products concerned. 
Dispatching  or  exportation  of  those  products  from  the  smaller  Aegean  islands  should 
therefore be prohibited. However, dispatch or exportation of those products should be 
authorised  where  the  advantage  resulting  from  the  specific  supply  arrangements  is 
reimbursed  or,  in  the  case  of  processed  products,  to  permit  regional  trade.  Account 
should also be taken of exports to third countries and processed products corresponding 
to traditional exports should accordingly be authorised. Nor should the restriction apply 
to  the  traditional  dispatching  of  processed  products.  For  the  sake  of  clarity,  the 
reference  period  for  defining  those  traditionally  exported  or  dispatched  quantities 
should be specified. 

In  order  to  achieve  the  objectives  of  the  specific  supply  arrangements,  the  economic 
advantages  of  the  arrangements  must  be  in  terms  of  production  costs  and  must  cut 
prices up to the end-user stage. They should therefore be granted only on condition that 
they are actually passed on, to the end user and appropriate checks must be carried out. 

To help achieve the goals of developing local agricultural production and the supply of 
agricultural  products,  the  level  of  programming  of  supplies  to  the  islands  concerned 
should  be  harmonised  and  the  approach  of  partnership  between  the  Commission  and 
Greece should be systematic. The supply programme should therefore be established by 
the authorities designated by Greece and submitted to the Commission for approval. 

Farmers in the smaller Aegean islands should be encouraged to supply quality products 
and the marketing of these should be assisted.  

A  derogation  may  be  granted  from  the  Commission's  consistent  policy  of  not 
authorising  State  operating  aid  for  the  production,  processing  and  marketing  of 
agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty in order to mitigate the specific 
constraints  on  farming  in  the  smaller  Aegean  islands  as  a  result  of  their  remoteness, 
insularity  and  distant  location,  small  area,  mountainous  terrain  and  climate  and  their 
economic dependency on a small number of products. 

(10) 

Implementation  of  this  Regulation  should  not  jeopardise  the  level  of  special  support 
from  which  the  smaller  Aegean  islands  have  benefited  up  to  now.  For  that  reason,  so 
that  they  can  carry  out  the  appropriate  measures,  Greece  should  have  at  its  disposal 
sums  equivalent  to  the  community  support  already  granted  under  Regulation  (EEC) 
No 2019/93.  The  new  system  of  support  for  agricultural  production  in  the  smaller 
Aegean  islands  established  by this  Regulation  should  be  coordinated  with  the  support 

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for the same lines of production in force in the rest of the Community. For the sake of 
clarity Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 should therefore be repealed. 

(11) 

In  accordance  with  the  principle  of  subsidiarity  and  the  spirit  of  Council  Regulation 
(EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support 
schemes  under  the  common  agricultural  policy  and  establishing  certain  support 
schemes  for  farmers3  it  is  appropriate  to  devolve  the  management  of  the  specific 
measures  for  the  smaller  Aegean  islands  to  Greece;  therefore  these  measures  may  be 
operated through a programme approved by the Commission. 

(12)  Greece has decided to apply the Single Payment Scheme to the entirety of the country 
as  from  1  January  2006.  To  ensure  coordination  of  the  respective  arrangements 
concerning the smaller Aegean islands Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should therefore 
be amended. 

(13)  The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in 
accordance  with  Council  Decision  1999/468/EC  of  28  June  1999  laying  down  the 
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission4. 

(14)  The programme provided for in this Regulation should start to apply on 1 January 2007. 
However,  to  enable  the  programme  to  start  on  that  date,  Greece  and  the  Commission 
should be permitted to take all the preparatory measures between the date of entry into 
force of this Regulation and that of the application of the programme, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

CHAPTER I 
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS 

Article 1 
Scope and definition 

1. 

2. 

This  Regulation  lays  down  specific  measures,  in  respect  of  the  agricultural  products 
listed  in  Annex  I  to  the  Treaty  (“the  agricultural  products”)  and  the  means  of 
agricultural  production,  to  remedy  the  difficulties  caused  by  the  remote  and  insular 
nature of the smaller Aegean islands, hereafter referred to as the ‘smaller islands’. 

For the purposes of this Regulation ‘smaller islands’ means any islands in the Aegean 
Sea except the islands of Crete and Evia. 

Article 2 
Community support programme 

A Community support programme for the smaller islands (“the support programme”) shall be 
established including: 

(a) 

specific supply arrangements as provided for in Chapter II, and 

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OJ  L  270,  21.10.2003,  p. 1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  319/2006  (OJ L 58, 
28.2.2006, p. 32). 
OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. 

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(b) 

specific  measures  to  assist  local  lines  of  agricultural  production  as  provided  for  in 
Chapter III. 

CHAPTER II 
SPECIFIC SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS 

Article 3 
Forecast supply balance 

1. 

2. 

Specific  supply  arrangements  are  hereby  introduced  for  the  agricultural  products, 
which are essential in the smaller islands for human consumption, for the manufacture 
of other products or as agricultural inputs. 

A  forecast  supply  balance  shall  be  drawn  up  stating  the  quantity  of  the  agricultural 
products referred to in paragraph 1 needed to meet supply requirements each year. The 
forecast  supply  balance  shall  be  established  by  the  authorities  designated  by  Greece 
and submitted to the Commission for approval. 

A  separate  forecast  balance  may  be  drawn  up  for  the  requirements  of  undertakings 
packaging  and  processing  products  intended  for  the  local  market,  for  traditional 
consignment  to  the  rest  of  the  Community  or  for  export  as  part  of  traditional  trade 
flows. 

Article 4 
Operation of the arrangements 

1. 

An aid shall be granted for the supply to the smaller islands of the products referred to 
in Article 3(1). 

The amount of the aid shall be fixed taking into consideration the additional costs of 
marketing products in the smaller islands, calculated from the usual ports of shipment 
in  mainland  Greece,  and  from  the  ports  of  islands  of  transit  or  of  loading  for  the 
islands of final destination. 

2. 

In  implementing  the  specific  supply  arrangements,  account  shall  be  taken,  in 
particular, of the following: 

(a) 

the specific needs of the smaller islands and the precise quality requirements; 

(b) 

traditional trade flows with ports in mainland Greece and between the islands in 
the Aegean Sea; 

(c) 

the economic aspect of the proposed aid; 

(d)  where  applicable,  the  need  not  to  obstruct  the  potential  development  of  local 

products. 

3. 

Entitlement  under  the  specific  supply  arrangements  shall  be  subject  to  the  condition 
that the economic advantages are actually passed on to the end user. 

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Article 5 
Export to third countries and dispatch to the rest of the Community 

1. 

2. 

Products  covered  by  the  specific  supply  arrangements  may  be  exported  to  third 
countries or dispatched to the rest of the Community only on conditions laid down in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 15(2). 

Those conditions shall include in particular reimbursement of the aid received under 
the specific supply arrangements.  

Export to third countries or dispatching to the rest of the Community is possible for 
products  processed  in  the  smaller  islands  from  products  having  benefited  from  the 
specific  supply  arrangements  within  the  limits  of  traditional  exports  and  traditional 
dispatches.  The  quantities  to  be  exported  or  dispatched  shall  be  specified  in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 15(2).  

No export refund shall be granted for the products thus exported. 

Article 6 
Detailed rules for the application of the arrangements 

Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  this  Chapter  shall  be  adopted  in  accordance  with  the 
procedure referred to in Article 15(2). Such rules shall in particular define the conditions under 
which  Greece  may  amend  the  quantities  and  the  resources  allocated  each  year  to  the  various 
products  eligible  under  the  specific  supply  arrangements  and,  where  necessary,  establish  a 
system of delivery certificates. 

CHAPTER III 
MEASURES TO ASSIST LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 

Article 7 
Support measures 

The  support  programme  shall  contain  the  measures  needed  to  ensure  continuity  and 
development of local lines of agricultural production in the smaller islands 

The  support  programme  shall  be  established  at  the  geographical  level  which  Greece 
deems most appropriate. It shall be prepared by the competent authority designated by 
Greece,  which  shall  submit  it  to  the  Commission  for  approval  after  the  competent 
authorities and organisations have been consulted at the appropriate local level. 

Article 8 
Compatibility and consistency 

Measures taken under the support programme must comply with Community law and 
be  consistent  with  other  Community  policies  and  with  the  measures  taken  to 
implement those policies. 

Consistency  of  the  measures  taken  under  the  support  programme  with  measures 
implemented  under  other  instruments  of  the  common  agricultural  policy,  and  in 

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particular  the  common  organisations  of  markets,  rural  development,  product  quality, 
animal welfare and protection of the environment, must be ensured. 

In particular, no measure under this Chapter may be financed as: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

additional support for premium or aid schemes under a common organisation of 
the market save in exceptional cases justified by objective criteria; 

support for research projects, measures to support research projects or measures 
eligible for Community financing under Council Decision 90/424/EEC5 ; 

support  for  measures  within 
No 1698/20056. 

the  scope  of  Council  Regulation  (EC) 

Article 9 
Content of Support programme 

A support programme may contain: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

a  quantified  description  of  the  current  agricultural  production  situation  taking  into 
account the results of available evaluations, showing disparities, gaps and potential for 
development; 

a description of the strategy proposed, the priorities selected, its quantified objectives, 
and  an  appraisal  showing  the  expected  economic,  environmental  and  social  impact, 
including employment effects; 

a schedule for the implementation of the measures and a general indicative financing 
table showing the resources that may be deployed; 

proof  of  the  compatibility  and  consistency  between  the  various  measures  under  the 
support programme and the criteria to be used for monitoring and evaluation; 

the  steps  taken  to  ensure  the  support  programme  is  implemented  effectively  and 
appropriately,  including  the  arrangements  for  publicity,  monitoring  and  evaluation, 
and the provisions for checks and penalties; 

the  designation  of  the  competent  authority  responsible  for  implementing  the  support 
programme  and  the  designation  at  the  appropriate  levels  of  authorities  or  associated 
bodies.  

Article 10 
Monitoring 

The procedures and physical and financial indicators for ensuring effective monitoring of the 
implementation of the support programme shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure 
referred to in Article 15(2). 

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CHAPTER IV 
ACCOMPANYING MEASURES 

Article 11 
State Aid 

For  the  agricultural  products,  to  which  Articles  87,  88  and  89  of  the  Treaty  thereof 
apply,  the  Commission  may  authorise  operating  aid  in  the  sectors  producing, 
processing  and  marketing  those  products,  with  a  view  to  mitigating  the  specific 
constraints on farming in the smaller islands as a result of their remoteness, insularity 
and distant location. 

Greece  may  grant  additional  financing  for  the  implementation  of  the  support 
programme. In such cases Greece shall notify the Commission of the state aid and the 
Commission may approve it in accordance with this Regulation as part of the support 
programme. Aid thus notified shall be regarded as being notified within the meaning 
of the first sentence of Article 88(3) of the Treaty. 

CHAPTER V 
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS 

Article 12 
Financial resources 

The measures provided for in this Regulation shall constitute intervention intended to 
stabilise  the  agricultural  markets  within  the  meaning  of  Article 3(1)(b)  of  Council 
Regulation (EC) No 1290/20057. 

The Community shall finance the measures provided for in Chapters II and III up to 
an annual maximum of EUR 23.93 million. 

The  amount  allocated  annually  to  the  support  programme  may  not  exceed 
EUR 5.47 million. 

CHAPTER VI 
GENERAL, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS 

Article 13 
Draft support programme 

Greece shall submit a draft support programme to the Commission in the framework 
of the financial allocation referred to in Article 12(2) and (3) by 31 October 2006 at 
the latest. 

The draft support programme shall comprise a draft forecast supply balance indicating 
the  products,  the  quantities  thereof  and  the  amount  of  aid  for  supply  from  the 
Community together with a draft programme of support for local production. 

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3. 

The  Commission  shall  evaluate  the  support  programme  proposed  and  decide  on  its 
approval in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 15(2).  

The support programme shall apply from 1 January 2007. 

Article 14 
Implementing rules 

The  measures  necessary  for  the  implementation  of  this  Regulation  shall  be  adopted  in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 15(2). They shall include in particular: 

(a) 

(b) 

1. 

2. 

the  conditions  under  which  Greece  may  amend  the  quantities  and  levels  of  aid  for 
supply and the support measures or the allocation of resources allotted to support local 
production. 

the  provisions  relating  to  the  minimum  specifications  of  the  checks  and  penalties 
which Greece must apply. 

Article 15 
Management Committee 

The  Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  the  Management  Committee  for  Direct 
Payments established by Article 144 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.  

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC 
shall apply. 

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one 
month. 

Article 16 
National measures 

Greece  shall  take  the  measures  necessary  to  ensure  compliance  with  this  Regulation,  in 
particular  as  regards  checks  and  administrative  penalties,  and  shall  inform  the  Commission 
thereof. 

Article 17 
Communications and reports 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Greece shall communicate to the Commission not later than 15 February each year the 
appropriations  made  available  to  them  which  they  intend  to  spend  in  the  following 
year on implementation of the support programme. 

Greece shall submit to the Commission, not later than 30 June each year, a report on 
the implementation of the measures provided for in this Regulation over the previous 
year. 

Not  later  than  31  December  2011,  and  thereafter  every  five  years,  the  Commission 
shall submit a general report to the European Parliament and the Council showing the 

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impact  of  the  action  taken  under  this  Regulation,  accompanied  if  applicable  by 
appropriate proposals. 

Article 18 
Repeal 

Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 is hereby repealed as from 1 January 2007. 

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and 
shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in the Annex to this Regulation. 

Article 19 
Transitional measures 

In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 15(2), the Commission may adopt the 
necessary  transitional  measures  to  ensure  a  smooth  transition  from  the  measures  under 
Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 to the measures introduced by this Regulation. 

Article 20 
Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 

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

(1) 

Article 70 shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

in paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following: 

"(b)  all  other  direct  payments  listed  in  Annex  VI  granted  to  farmers  in  the 
reference  period  in  the  French  overseas  departments,  the  Azores  and 
Madeira, the Canary Islands and the Aegean Islands. "; 

(b) 

in paragraph 2, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: 

"Member  States  shall  grant  the  direct  payments  referred  to  in  paragraph  1, 
within the limit of the ceilings fixed in accordance with Article 64(2), under the 
conditions established in Title IV, Chapters 3, 6 and 7 to 13."; 

(2) 

In Article 71(2), the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: 

"Without  prejudice  to  Article  70(2),  in  the  transitional  period  the  Member  State 
concerned shall effect each of the direct payments referred to in Annex VI under the 
conditions  established  in  Title  IV,  Chapters  3,  6  and  7  to  13  within  the  limit  of 
budgetary  ceilings  corresponding  to  the  component  of  these  direct  payments  in  the 
national ceiling referred to in Article 41 of this Regulation, fixed in accordance with 
the procedure referred to in Article 144(2)."; 

(3) 

In Annexes I and VI the row concerning the “Aegean Islands” is deleted.  

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Article 21 
Entry into force 

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2007. However, Articles 11, 13 and 14 shall apply from the date 
of its entry into force. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

CORRELATION TABLE 

Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 

This Regulation 

Article 1 

Article 2 

Article 3(1) 

Article 3(2) 

Article 3(3) 

Article 3(4) 

Article 3(5) 

Article 3a(1)(a) 

Article 3a(1)(b) 

Article 3a(1)(c) 

Article 3a(1)(d) 

Article 3(2) 

Article 5 

Article 6 

Article 8 

Article 9 

Article 11 

Article 12 

Article 13 

Article 13a 

Article 14 

Article 14a 

Article 15(1) 

Article 15(2) 

Article 16 

Article 1 

Article 3 

Article 4(1) 

Article 4(2) 

Article 4(3) 

Article 5(1) 

Article 5(2) 

– 

Article 12(3) 

Articles 4(3) and 14(b) 

Article 6 

Article 6 

Article 7(1) 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

Article 15 

Article 12(1) 

Article 16 

Article 17(2) 

Article 17(3) 

Article 21 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

BUDGET HEADING: 
05 02 11 04 and 05 03 02 35 

APPROPRIATIONS: 
€119 Mio & €53 Mio  

TITLE: 
Council Regulation laying down specific measures in favour of the smaller Aegean Islands 

LEGAL BASIS: 
Articles 36 and 37 of the Treaty 

AIMS: 
Rationalise, with a view to improve their effectiveness, the measures applicable to the Aegean Islands, 
in  particular  through  the  establishment  of  programmes  providing  for  the  application  of  the  specific 
supply  arrangements  and  of  measures  in  favour  of  local  agricultural  production  in  a  form  which  is  to 
most appropriate to the needs of the region concerned. 

5. 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 

5.0 

CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET 

EXPENDITURE 
– 
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS) 
– 
– 

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 
OTHER 

12-MONTH 
PERIOD 

(EUR million) 
(1) 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 2006 
(EUR million) 
– 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 2007 
(EUR million) 
– 

5.1  REVENUE 

– 

– 

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OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC  

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(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) 
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NATIONAL 

5.0.1  ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1  ESTIMATED REVENUE 
5.2  METHOD OF CALCULATION: 

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2008 
(1) 

2009 
(1) 

2010 
(1) 

2011 and following
(1) 

6.0  CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE 

RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 

6.1  CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF 

THE CURRENT BUDGET? 

6.2  WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY? 
6.3  WILL APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED IN FUTURE BUDGETS? 

YES NO 

YES NO 
YES NO 
YES NO 

OBSERVATIONS: 
(1) 

The  measure  lays  down  annual  ceiling  amounts  for  the  financing  of  the  specific  supply  arrangements 
and of measures in favour of local production. Since these ceilings are based on average expenditure in a 
recent  reference  period  and  on  the  ceilings  already  applicable  for  certain  aids  for  the  support  of  local 
production, the measure is neutral for the budget. 

EN 

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   EN