Commission Regulation (EC) No 1540/2006 of 13 October 2006 authorising for 2006 the payment of advances on certain direct payments provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
Date: 2006-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, aid system, common agricultural policy, farmers' income, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1540/2006

of 13 October 2006

authorising for 2006 the payment of advances on certain direct payments provided for in Council
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

common rules for direct support schemes under the
common agricultural policy and establishing certain
support schemes for farmers (2).

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

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) No 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 Article 28(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

Farmers have been affected by severe climatic conditions
in 2006, in particular in the course of the summer. The
need to adapt to those conditions along with the effects
of the change-over from coupled aid schemes to the
single payment scheme may lead to financial difficulties
It is therefore
and/or cash-flow problems for farmers.
appropriate,
in conformity to Article 28(3)(c) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1782/2003, to allow Member States to
pay advances. The timetable and the amount of
the
advances to be paid to farmers should be compatible
financial provisions. Advances
with the
should therefore be paid from 16 October 2006 and
the maximum amount of
to be paid
before 1 December 2006 should be limited to 50 % of
the payments due to the farmers.

the advances

regulatory

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003 payments under the support schemes listed
in Annex I to that regulation shall be made once a year
within the period from 1 December to 30 June of the
following calendar year.

are

facing various

Member States
and sometimes
persisting difficulties in the finalisation of the measures
necessary for the application of the aid schemes provided
for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. The integration of
the regimes for olive oil and sugar into the Single
Payment Scheme in year 2006 has caused further diffi-
culties for those Member States that introduced that aid
scheme the previous year.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Direct Payments,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
In respect of year 2006, the Member States are authorised
to pay to the farmer, from 16 October 2006, an advance of the
payments under the support schemes listed in Annex I to Regu-
lation (EC) No 1782/2003.

the payments

It is therefore appropriate, as an exceptional measure in
2006, to authorise the Member States, in conformity to
Article 28(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, to
provide for an advance of
listed in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. Advances
should be paid only after the administrative checks and
on-the-spot checks have been carried out in accordance
with Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 of 21
April 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implemen-
tation of cross-compliance, modulation and the in-
tegrated administration and control
system provided
in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing
for

The advance provided for in paragraph 1 may only be
2.
paid up to an amount for which eligibility has already been
established on the basis of checks carried out in accordance
with Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 and where there is no
risk that the amount of the total payment yet to be established
is lower than that of the advance.

Payments provided for in paragraph 1, made before 1
the amount
shall not exceed 50 % of

3.
December 2006,
referred to in paragraph 2.

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

(2) OJ L 141, 30.4.2004, p. 18. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1405/2006 (OJ L 265, 26.9.2006, p. 1).

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

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 October 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission