Commission Regulation (EC) No 1679/2006 of 14 November 2006 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided for in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials
Date: 2006-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, aid system, common agricultural policy, fallow, farmers' income, land use, production aid, raw material

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1679/2006

of 14 November 2006

amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided
for in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of land set aside for the production of raw
materials

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

previously established dates, in other words on 30 June
preceding the harvest in question at the latest.

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) 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 145(c)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishes
specific aid for rice, granted to farmers producing rice
falling within CN code 1006 10 under the conditions
laid down in Chapter 3 of Title IV of that Regulation.

12

Article
(EC) No
of Commission Regulation
1973/2004 (2) states that, to be eligible for the crop-
the declared area must be
specific payment
sown once a year. However,
in the case of French
Guiana, provision is made for two sowing cycles per
year and the aid is granted on the basis of the average
of the areas sown for each of the two sowing cycles.

for rice,

intend to redefine the rice
The French authorities
production system in French Guiana
and reduce
production to a single sowing cycle per hectare per
year. This new production system would enable the
producers concerned to make systematic use of
the
maintained set-aside, which would largely solve the
and free up time needed for
problem of weeds
levelling. This would lead in particular to water savings
and less use of plant protection products. This system
would also permit better management of working time
and equipment, resulting in lower overall operating costs
this new
for
production system, the means of calculating the specific
aid for rice in French Guiana should be adapted, ensuring
that the aid is calculated on the basis of a single sowing
cycle per year, to be carried out on the latter of the two

to implement

the activity.

In order

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
L 208,

(EC) No 1156/2006 (OJ

Commission Regulation
29.7.2006, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 345, 20.11.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1250/2006 (OJ L 227, 19.8.2006, p. 23).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Given that France and Spain have since 2006 applied the
single payment scheme and the option provided for in
Article 66(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003,
in
accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article
101 of that Regulation, the base areas of the Member
States indicated in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No
1973/2004 must be
the number of
hectares corresponding to the compulsory set-aside enti-
tlements. For clarification purposes, entries relating to
Member States or regions of Member States where area
payments for arable crops no longer apply after 1
January 2006 should be removed from this Annex,
while the base areas of Malta and Slovenia which apply
area payments for arable crops should be added to it in
accordance with Annex XIb to Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003.

reduced by

The amendment of Article 131(2)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1973/2004 introduced by Regulation (EC) No
1250/2006 did not take account of the time limit for
the submission of applications established by the second
subparagraph of Article 121(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1973/2004. This oversight should be corrected. Given
this time limit, the deadline for the Member States to
communicate the number of bovine animals other than
calves in respect of which a slaughter premium has been
applied for should be fixed for after 28 February.

There were errors in Article 106(2) and in Annexes VI,
XI, XII and XVIII to Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004, as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1250/2006.

Given that in the case of the area payments for arable
crops laid down in Article 100 of Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003 the overall area determined used to calculate
the coefficient of reduction and any definitive rate of
overrun must be notified to the Commission by 15
November at the latest, and taking account of the base
areas
listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No
1973/2004, Annex IV, as amended by this Regulation,
should apply from 1 November 2006.

(8)

Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 should therefore be
amended and corrected accordingly.

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(9)

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

slaughter premium has been applied for and indi-
cating whether
the animals were slaughtered or
exported;’.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

4. Annex IV is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 12 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 12

Dates for sowings

Regulation.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In the introductory sentence of Article 106(2),

Annex XVIII’ is replaced by ‘Part 7 of Annex XVIII’.

‘Part 3 of

2. In Annex VI, the footnote is replaced by the following:

To be eligible for the crop-specific payment for rice, the
declared area shall be sown at the latest:

‘(*) Base area as referred to in Annex IV.’.

(a) on 30 June preceding the harvest in question, for Spain,

Portugal and French Guiana;

3. In Annex XI, the first line of the title is replaced by the

following:

(b) on 31 May for the other producing Member States,
including mainland France, referred to in Article 80(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.’.

2. Article 14(2) is deleted.

3. Article 131(2)(a) is replaced by the following:

‘referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(iii)’.

4. In Annex XII, the first line of the title is replaced by the

following:

‘referred to in Article 3(1)(e)(iv)’.

‘(a) annually for information relating to the previous year:

5. Annex XVIII is replaced by the text contained in Annex II to

this Regulation.

(i) by 1 February at the latest, the number of cows in
respect of which the suckler cow premium has been
applied for, broken down according to the schemes
referred to in Article 125(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation
(EC) No 1782/2003;

Article 3

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

Points 1 and 2 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2007.

(ii) by 1 March at the latest, the number of bovine
animals other than calves in respect of which the

Point 4 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX IV

referred to in Articles 54(3) and 59(1) and referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(i), (c)(i) and (e)(i)

BASE AREAS

Region

All crops

of which maize

of which silage grass

(ha)

SPAIN

Regadío

Secano

FRANCE

Total

379 325

1 318 170

7 256 618

12 399 382

Base area for maize

561 320 (1)

Irrigated base area

1 094 138 (1)

MALTA

PORTUGAL

Azores

Madeira

— Regadío

— Other

SLOVENIA

4 565 (2)

9 700

310

300

125 171 (2)

290

(1) Including 256 816 ha irrigated maize.
(2) In accordance with Article XIb of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX XVIII

referred to in Articles 106(2) and 131

BEEF AND VEAL PAYMENTS

CLAIMED YEAR:

.........................................................................

MEMBER STATE: .........................................................................

1.

SPECIAL PREMIUM

Number of animals

Deadline for
submission

Ref

Information required

Single age bracket or first age
bracket

Second age
bracket

General scheme

Slaughter
scheme

Both age
brackets
together

Bulls

Steers

Steers

Steers

Article 131
(4)(a)

Article 131
(4)(b)(i)

Article 131
(4)(b)(ii)

1 February

1.2

Number of animals applied for
(full year)

31 July

1.3

Number of animals accepted
(full year)

31 July

1.4

Number of animals not accepted on
account of
the
ceiling

the application of

Number of producers

Deadline for
submission

Ref

Information required

General scheme

Slaughter
scheme

Single age
bracket or first
age bracket

Second age
bracket

Both age
brackets
together

Both age
brackets
together only

Article 131
(4)(b)(i)

31 July

1.5

Number of producers granted
premium

2. DESEASONALISATION PREMIUM

Deadline for
submission

Article 131(6)(a)

1 February

Ref

2.3

2.4

Information required

Single age
bracket or first
age bracket

Second age bracket

Both age brackets
together

Number of animals accepted

Number of producers

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3.

SUCKLER COW PREMIUM

Deadline for
submission

Article 131(2)(a)(i)

1 February

Article 131 (2)(b)(i)
Article 131 (6)(b)(ii)

31 July

Article 131 (2)(b)(iii)

Article 131 (2)(b)(ii)

31 July

31 July

Ref

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.7

Information required

Pure suckler herds

Mixed herds

Number of animals applied for (full year)

Number of cows accepted (full year)

Number of heifers accepted (full year)

Number of producers granted premium
(full year)

National premium

Amount per head

Number of animals not accepted on
the
account
national ceiling for heifers

application

the

of

of

4.

EXTENSIFICATION PAYMENT

4.1. Application of the single stocking density (First subparagraph of Article 132(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

Deadline for
submission

Ref

Information required

Special
premium

Suckler cow
premium

Dairy cows

Total

Article 131 (6)(b)(i)
Article 131 (6)(b)(ii)
Article 131 (6)(b)(iii)

31 July

4.1.1

Number of animals accepted

4.1.2

Number of producers granted
payments

4.2. Application of the two stocking densities (second subparagraph of Article 132(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

Deadline for
submission

Ref

Information required

Special premium

Suckler cow
premium

Dairy cows

Total

1.4-1.8

< 1.4

1.4-1.8

< 1.4

1.4-1.8

< 1.4

1.4-1.8

< 1.4

Article 131 (6)(b)(i)
Article 131 (6)(b)(ii)
Article 131 (6)(b)(iii)

31 July

4.2.1

Number of animals accepted

4.2.2

Number of producers
granted payments

5.

PREMIUM EXEMPT THE DENSITY FACTOR

Deadline for
submission

Article 131 (6)(b)(iv)

31 July

Ref

5

Information required

Animals

Producers

Number of animals and producers in
respect of which the premium exempt
from the
the density
application of
factor was granted

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6.

SLAUGHTER PREMIUM

Number of animals

Article 131 (1)(a)
Article 131 (2)(a)(ii)
Article 131(3)(a)

Article 131 (1)(b)(i)
Article 131(2)(b)(iv)
Article 131(3)(b)(i)

Article 131 (1)(b)(ii)
Article 131(2)(b)(v)
Article 131 (3)(b)(ii)

Number of producers

Article 131 (1)(b)(i)
Article 131(2)(b)(iv)
Article 131(3)(b)(i)

7.

SUCKLER COW QUOTA

Deadline for
submission

1 March

Ref

6.2

Information required

Slaughter

Export

Adults

Calves

Adults

Calves

Number of animals applied for
(full year)

31 July

6.3

Number of animals accepted
(full year)

31 July

6.4

Number of animals not accepted on
account of
the
ceiling

the application of

Deadline for
submission

31 July

Ref

6.5

Information required

Slaughter

Export

Adults

Calves

Adults

Calves

Number of producers
granted premium

Deadline for
submission

Ref

Balance of rights at start of year

Rights ceded to national reserve
arising from

(a)
Transfers
without
holding

(b)
Insufficient use

Rights obtained
from national
reserve

Balance of
rights at end of
year

Article 106(3)

31 July

7.2’