2006/588/EC: Commission Decision of 29 August 2006 allocating the amounts resulting from the modulation provided for in Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 to the Member States for the years 2006 to 2012 (notified under document number C(2006) 3839)
Date: 2006-08-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, aid to agriculture, distribution of aid, farmers' income, financial aid

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 August 2006

allocating the amounts resulting from the modulation provided for in Article 10 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 to the Member States for the years 2006 to 2012

(notified under document number C(2006) 3839)

(2006/588/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to 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 farmers and amending Regulations
(EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001,
(EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC)
No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and
(EC) No 2529/2001 (1), and in particular the first subparagraph
of Article 10(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2006/410/EC (2) sets the amounts
which, as a result of applying the reductions in direct
payments provided for in Article 10(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1782/2003 for the years 2006 to 2012 are
available to the European Agricultural Fund for Rural
Development (EAFRD) for the financial years 2007 to
2013.

The first subparagraph of Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 1782/2003 lays down the criteria for allocating the
amounts resulting from the modulation provided for in
paragraph 1 of that Article.

integrated

Article 78 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004
of 21 April 2004 laying down detailed rules for the
implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and
the
system
administration and
provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
establishing common rules for direct support schemes
under the common agricultural policy and establishing
certain support schemes for farmers (3)
lays down the
allocation key for sharing these amounts among the
Member States using the criteria laid down in Article
10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

control

(4)

(5)

The second subparagraph of Article 10(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1782/2003 also specifies that the Member State
is to receive at least 80 % of the amounts which the
modulation has generated in that Member State, and
Article 10(4) stipulates that this percentage can go up
to at least 90 % for Member States whose rye production
was substantial during the period 2000-2002.

On the basis of these criteria, the Member States should
be allocated the amounts for the years 2006 to 2012
resulting from the modulation provided for in Article
10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2006,
taking into
account the deduction provided for in paragraph 2 of
that Article.

(6)

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Direct Payments,

in this Decision are in
the Management

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

lation (EC) No 953/2006 (OJ L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 163, 15.6.2006, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 141, 30.4.2004, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 659/2006 (OJ L 116, 29.4.2006, p. 20).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the amounts for the years 2006 to 2012 resulting
from modulation shall be allocated to the Member States in accordance with the table in the Annex to this
Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 29 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Allocation to the Member States of the amounts resulting from the modulation provided for in Article 10 of
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 for the years 2006 to 2012

Member State

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

(EUR million)

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

13,5

24,8

17,5

31,2

18,0

31,4

18,2

31,5

18,1

31,5

18,1

31,5

157,5

199,1

201,3

202,5

201,7

201,7

47,5

163,8

212,6

26,8

59,6

206,7

267,5

33,0

60,1

208,5

269,5

33,2

60,3

209,2

270,6

33,2

56,5

201,7

268,8

33,1

56,5

201,7

268,8

33,1

103,2

130,0

131,3

131,8

125,9

125,9

1,0

22,0

31,4

37,1

15,1

19,7

1,2

27,2

40,6

48,4

19,0

24,3

1,2

27,6

41,0

48,8

19,2

24,5

1,2

27,7

41,2

49,0

19,3

24,6

1,2

26,9

39,7

47,1

18,6

23,9

1,2

26,9

39,7

47,1

18,6

23,9

18,1

31,5

201,7

56,2

200,6

268,8

33,1

125,1

1,2

26,8

39,5

46,9

18,5

23,8

United Kingdom

108,0

135,7

136,4

136,7

136,3

136,3

136,2