Council Regulation (EC) No 2011/2006 of 19 December 2006 adapting Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector and Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2006-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, aid system, aid to agriculture, common agricultural policy, common organisation of markets, farmers' income, regulation of agricultural production, sugar industry

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2011/2006

of 19 December 2006

adapting Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes
under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers,
Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector
and Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the
sugar industry in the Community, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the
European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

introduced common rules

the common organisation of the markets in the sugar
sector (2)
the
common organisation of
in the sugar
sector from the marketing year 2006/2007. Regulation
(EC) No 320/2006 (3) established a temporary scheme for
the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community.

the markets

governing

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

(2)

Those general rules and measures should be adapted to
allow their implementation in Bulgaria and Romania as
from the date of accession of those countries to the
European Union.

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania
(hereinafter referred to as ‘2005 Act of Accession’), and in
particular Article 20 in conjunction with Annex IV, and
Article 56, thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

for direct

Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September
support
2003 establishing common rules
the common agricultural policy and
schemes under
farmers (1)
establishing certain support
amended inter alia the provisions on seed aid ceilings
by reason of the 2004 accession and introduced direct
support schemes for farmers in the sugar sector. Council
Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on

schemes

for

(3) With a view to allowing Bulgaria and Romania to benefit
from the support measures in the sugar sector provided
for under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003,
it is appro-
priate to amend the national ceilings for Bulgaria and
Romania, taking into account the additional amount of
aid. In order to provide Bulgaria and Romania with the
possibility of granting the sugar direct payment in the
form of a separate direct payment, it is appropriate to
reference
amend the national ceilings on the sugar
amounts.
to apply the provisions on the
separate sugar payment in Bulgaria and Romania it is
appropriate to adjust
the periods for implementation
accordingly.

In order

(4) With a view to allowing Bulgaria and Romania to
integrate seed aid into the support schemes provided
for under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003,
it is appro-
priate to add Bulgaria and Romania to the list of
countries concerned by that measure.

(5)

The 2005 Act of Accession and this Regulation both
amend Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and those
amendments should come into force on the same day.
In the interest of legal certainty, the order in which those
amendments are to be applied should be specified.

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

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

(2) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1585/2006 (OJ L 294, 25.10.2006, p. 19).

(3) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42.

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(6) With a view to applying in Bulgaria and Romania the
mechanisms on a production quota system for sugar,
isoglucose and inulin syrup, as well as a traditional
supply need of sugar for refining as provided for in
Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, both countries should
be added to the list of countries benefiting from these
measures. Further adaptations should also be made to
that Regulation to take account the specific situation of
Bulgaria and Romania.

(7) With a view to allowing operators in Bulgaria and
Romania to participate in the restructuring scheme
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, that Regu-
lation needs to be adapted.

(8)

Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 318/2006 and
(EC) No 320/2006 should therefore be
amended
accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as amended, including by the
2005 Act of Accession, is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 71c, the following paragraph shall be inserted after
the first paragraph:

‘In the case of Bulgaria and Romania,
the schedule of
increments provided for under Article 143a shall apply for
sugar and chicory.’;

2. Article 143ba shall be amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1, the text after the first sentence is shall be
replaced by the following:

‘It shall be granted in respect of a representative period
which could be different for each product of one or
more of the marketing years 2004/2005, 2005/2006
and 2006/2007 to be determined by Member States
before 30 April 2006, and on the basis of objective
and non-discriminatory criteria such as:

— the quantities of sugar or inulin syrup produced in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 or
Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as appropriate,

— the average number of hectares under sugar beet,
cane or chicory used for the production of sugar
or inulin syrup and covered by delivery contracts
concluded in accordance with Article 19 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1260/2001 or Article 6 of Regulation
(EC) No 318/2006 as appropriate.

However, where the representative period includes the
marketing year 2006/2007,
this marketing year shall
be replaced by the marketing year 2005/2006 for
farmers affected by a renunciation of quota in the
marketing year 2006/2007 as provided for in Article 3
of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006.

In the case of Bulgaria and Romania:

(a)

the date of 30 April 2006 referred to in the first
subparagraph shall be replaced by 15 February 2007;

(b) the separate sugar payment may be granted in

respect of the years from 2007 until 2011;

(c)

the representative period referred to in the first
subparagraph may be different for each product of
one or more of
the marketing years 2004/2005,
2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2007/2008;

(d) where

the

representative

period
the
includes
this marketing year
marketing year 2007/2008,
shall be replaced by the marketing year 2006/2007
for farmers affected by a renunciation of quota in
the marketing year 2007/2008 as provided for in
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006.’;

— the quantities of sugar beet, cane or chicory covered
by delivery contracts concluded in accordance with
Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 or
Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as appro-
priate,

(b) the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 3:

‘3a.
For 2007, for Bulgaria and Romania, the date of
31 March referred to in the paragraph 3 shall be
replaced by 15 February 2007.’;

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3. Annexes VII, VIIIa and XIa shall be amended in accordance

with Annex I to this Regulation.

During the marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and
2008/2009, the traditional supply need shall be distributed
as follows:

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 7(2), the following subparagraph shall be added:

‘For the purposes of this paragraph, in the case of Bulgaria
that of
and Romania
2006/2007.’;

the marketing

shall be

year

2. Article 9(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.
In the marketing year 2006/2007 an isoglucose quota
of 100 000 tonnes shall be added to the total of isoglucose
quota fixed in Annex III. In each of the marketing years
2007/2008 and 2008/2009 a further isoglucose quota of
100 000 tonnes
the
preceding marketing year. This increase shall not concern
Bulgaria and Romania.

shall be added to the quota of

— 198 748 tonnes for Bulgaria,

— 296 627 tonnes for France,

— 291 633 tonnes for Portugal,

— 329 636 tonnes for Romania,

— 19 585 tonnes for Slovenia,

— 59 925 tonnes for Finland,

— 1 128 581 tonnes for the United Kingdom.’

4. Annex III shall be replaced by the text in Annex II to this

Regulation.

Article 3

In each of the marketing years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 a
further isoglucose quota of 11 045 tonnes for Bulgaria and
of 1 966 tonnes for Romania shall be added to the quota of
the preceding marketing year.

In Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, the intro-
ductory words of the first subparagraph shall be replaced by
the following:

Member States shall allocate the additional quotas to under-
takings, proportionately to the isoglucose quotas that have
been allocated in accordance with Article 7(2).’;

3. Article 29(1) shall be replaced by the following:

isoglucose or

‘Any undertaking producing sugar,
inulin
syrup to which a quota has been allocated by 1 July
2006, or by 31 January 2007 in the case of Bulgaria and
Romania, shall be entitled to a restructuring aid per tonne
of quota renounced, provided that during one of
the
marketing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and
2009/2010 it:’

‘1.
Notwithstanding Article 19(1), a traditional supply
need of sugar for refining is fixed for the Community at
2 324 735 tonnes per marketing year, expressed in white
sugar.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007 subject
to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria
and Romania.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. KORKEAOJA

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ANNEX I

Annexes VII, VIIIa and XIa to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are amended as follows:

1.

in point K 2 of Annex VII, Table 1 is replaced by the following:

Ceilings for amounts to be included in the reference amount of farmers

‘Table 1

Member State

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

(EUR '000)

2016 and
subsequent
years

Belgium

47 429

60 968

74 508

81 752

81 752

81 752

81 752

81 752

81 752

81 752

81 752

Bulgaria

—

84

121

154

176

220

264

308

352

396

440

Czech Republic

27 851

34 319

40 786

44 245

44 245

44 245

44 245

44 245

44 245

44 245

44 245

Denmark

19 314

25 296

31 278

34 478

34 478

34 478

34 478

34 478

34 478

34 478

34 478

Germany

154 974

203 607

252 240

278 254

278 254

278 254

278 254

278 254

278 254

278 254

278 254

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

17 941

22 455

26 969

29 384

29 384

29 384

29 384

29 384

29 384

29 384

29 384

60 272

74 447

88 621

96 203

96 203

96 203

96 203

96 203

96 203

96 203

96 203

152 441

199 709

246 976

272 259

272 259

272 259

272 259

272 259

272 259

272 259

272 259

11 259

14 092

16 925

18 441

18 441

18 441

18 441

18 441

18 441

18 441

18 441

79 862

102 006

124 149

135 994

135 994

135 994

135 994

135 994

135 994

135 994

135 994

4 219

5 164

6 110

6 616

6 616

6 616

6 616

6 616

6 616

6 616

6 616

Lithuania

6 547

8 012

9 476

10 260

10 260

10 260

10 260

10 260

10 260

10 260

10 260

Hungary

26 105

31 986

37 865

41 010

41 010

41 010

41 010

41 010

41 010

41 010

41 010

Netherlands

41 743

54 272

66 803

73 504

73 504

73 504

73 504

73 504

73 504

73 504

73 504

Austria

Poland

18 971

24 487

30 004

32 955

32 955

32 955

32 955

32 955

32 955

32 955

32 955

99 135

122 906

146 677

159 392

159 392

159 392

159 392

159 392

159 392

159 392

159 392

Portugal

3 940

4 931

5 922

6 452

6 452

6 452

6 452

6 452

6 452

6 452

6 452

Romania

—

1 930

2 781

3 536

4 041

5 051

6 062

7 072

8 082

9 093

10 103

Slovenia

2 284

2 858

3 433

3 740

3 740

3 740

3 740

3 740

3 740

3 740

3 740

Slovakia

11 813

14 762

17 712

19 289

19 289

19 289

19 289

19 289

19 289

19 289

19 289

Finland

Sweden

8 255

10 332

12 409

13 520

13 520

13 520

13 520

13 520

13 520

13 520

13 520

20 809

26 045

31 281

34 082

34 082

34 082

34 082

34 082

34 082

34 082

34 082

United Kingdom

64 340

80 528

96 717

105 376

105 376

105 376

105 376

105 376

105 376

105 376

105 376’

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2. Annex VIIIa is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX VIIIa

National ceilings referred to in Article 71c

Calendar
year

Bulgaria

Czech
Republic

Estonia

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Hungary

Malta

Poland

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

(EUR '000)

—

—

228 800

23 400

8 900

33 900

92 000

350 800

294 551

27 300

12 500

43 819

113 847

446 305

670

830

724 600

980 835

—

—

35 800

97 700

44 184

127 213

200 384 377 919

40 400

16 300

60 764

154 912

540 286

1 640

1 263 706

441 930

58 958

161 362

240 521 469 986

50 500

20 400

75 610

193 076

672 765

2 050

1 572 577

530 681

73 533

200 912

281 154 559 145

60 500

24 500

90 016

230 560

802 610

2 460

1 870 392

621 636

87 840

238 989

321 376 644 745

70 600

28 600

103 916 267 260

929 210

2 870

2 155 492

710 441

101 840 275 489

401 620 730 445

80 700

32 700

117 816 303 960 1 055 910

3 280

2 440 492

888 051

115 840 312 089

481 964 816 045

90 800

36 800

131 716 340 660 1 182 510

3 690

2 725 592 1 065 662 129 840 348 589

562 308 901 745 100 900

40 900

145 616 377 360 1 309 210

4 100

3 010 692 1 243 272 143 940 385 189

642 652 901 745 100 900

40 900

145 616 377 360 1 309 210

4 100

3 010 692 1 420 882 143 940 385 189

722 996 901 745 100 900

40 900

145 616 377 360 1 309 210

4 100

3 010 692 1 598 493 143 940 385 189

803 340 901 745 100 900

40 900

145 616 377 360 1 309 210

4 100

3 010 692 1 776 103 143 940 385 189’

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016 and
subsequent
years

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3. Annex XIa is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX XIa

Seed aid ceilings in the new Member States referred to in Article 99(3)

(EUR million)

Calendar year

Bulgaria

Czech
Republic

Estonia

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Hungary

Malta

Poland

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

subsequent
years

—

—

0,11

0,13

0,15

0,17

0,22

0,26

0,30

0,34

0,39

0,43

0,43

0,87

1,02

1,17

1,46

1,75

2,04

2,33

2,62

2,91

2,91

2,91

2,91

2,91

0,04

0,04

0,05

0,06

0,07

0,08

0,10

0,11

0,12

0,12

0,12

0,12

0,12

0,03

0,03

0,04

0,05

0,06

0,07

0,08

0,09

0,10

0,10

0,10

0,10

0,10

0,10

0,12

0,14

0,17

0,21

0,24

0,28

0,31

0,35

0,35

0,35

0,35

0,35

0,10

0,12

0,14

0,17

0,21

0,24

0,28

0,31

0,35

0,35

0,35

0,35

0,35

0,78

0,90

1,03

1,29

1,55

1,81

2,07

2,33

2,59

2,59

2,59

2,59

2,59

0,03

0,03

0,04

0,05

0,06

0,07

0,08

0,09

0,10

0,10

0,10

0,10

0,10

0,56

0,65

0,74

0,93

1,11

1,30

1,48

1,67

1,85

1,85

1,85

1,85

1,85

—

—

0,19

0,23

0,26

0,30

0,38

0,45

0,53

0,60

0,68

0,75

0,75

0,08

0,10

0,11

0,14

0,17

0,19

0,22

0,25

0,28

0,28

0,28

0,28

0,28

0,04

0,04

0,05

0,06

0,07

0,08

0,09

0,11

0,12

0,12

0,12

0,12

0,12’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX III

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL QUOTAS

Member States or regions

(1)

Belgium

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France (metropolitan)

French overseas departments

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Hungary

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal (mainland)

The autonomous region of the Azores

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Sugar

(2)

819 812

4 752

454 862

420 746

3 655 456

317 502

903 843

3 552 221

480 245

0

778 706

66 505

103 010

401 684

864 560

387 326

1 671 926

34 500

9 953

109 164

207 432

52 973

146 087

325 700

1 138 627

Total

16 907 591

Isoglucose

(3)

85 694

67 108

—

—

42 360

15 433

98 845

23 755

—

—

24 301

—

—

164 736

10 891

—

32 056

11 870

—

11 947

50 928

—

14 210

—

32 602

686 736

(tonnes)

Inulin syrup

(4)

0

—

—

—

—

—

—

0

—

—

—

—

—

—

0

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

0’