2007/679/EC: Commission Decision of 22 October 2007 fixing the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in the United Kingdom for the calendar years 2007 to 2012 (notified under document number C(2007) 5104)
Date: 2007-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, aid to agriculture, beef, nut, single payment scheme

24.10.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 October 2007

fixing the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in the United
Kingdom for the calendar years 2007 to 2012

(notified under document number C(2007) 5104)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(2007/679/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007, any
Member State where at the entry into force of that Regu-
reductions of direct
lation the system of additional
payments referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
No 1655/2004 is applied and the single payment
scheme is applied at regional level may, for the period
2007 to 2012, choose to apply rates that are regionally
criteria. The
to
differentiated
maximum rate for any of the regions of each Member
State concerned is 20 %.

according

objective

of

submits

voluntary modulation

Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 provides
that any Member State applying regionally differentiated
rates
the
to
Commission, within two months of
the entry into
force of that Regulation, for the period 2007 to 2012,
information concerning (a) the annual rates of voluntary
modulation for each region and for the whole territory,
(b)
to be reduced under
voluntary modulation, (c) where appropriate, the annual
total additional amounts needed to cover the additional
amount of aid referred to in the second subparagraph of
Article 1(3) of that Regulation, and (d) statistical and
other supportive data used to establish the amounts
referred to in points (b) and (c).

total amounts

the annual

Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 provides
the Commission fixes the net amounts resulting
that
from the application of voluntary modulation based on:
(a) a calculation in case of a single national rate of
voluntary modulation; (b) in the case of Member States
applying regionally differentiated rates,
the amounts
communicated by the Member States as provided for in
Article 3(2) of that Regulation.

(4)

(5)

(6)

The United Kingdom has submitted to the Commission
the following annual rates of voluntary modulation fixed
at regional level:

Region

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

England

12 % 13 % 14 % 14 % 14 %

14 %

Northern
Ireland

4,5 %

6 %

7 %

8 %

9 %

9 %

Wales

0 %

2,5 % 4,2 % 5,8 % 6,5 % 6,5 %

Scotland

5 %

8 %

8,5 %

9 %

9 %

9 %

payments

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 of 27
March 2007 laying down rules for voluntary modulation of
in Regulation (EC) No
direct
for
support
for direct
1782/2003 establishing common rules
schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing
certain support schemes for farmers, and amending Regulation
(EC) No 1290/2005 (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

provided

Whereas:

(1)

Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 provides
that Member States where at the entry into force of
that Regulation the system of additional reductions of
direct payments referred to in Article 1 of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1655/2004 of 22 September 2004
laying down rules for the transition from the optional
modulation system established by Article 4 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 to the mandatory modu-
lation system established by Council Regulation (EC)
No 1782/2003 (2)
is applied may apply a reduction,
during the period 2007-2012, hereinafter referred to as
‘voluntary modulation’,
the amounts of direct
to all
payments within the meaning of Article 2(d) of
of 29
(EC) No
Council Regulation
September 2003 establishing common rules for direct
support schemes under the common agricultural policy
and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (3).

1782/2003

(2)

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 provides that,
within two months of the entry into force of that Regu-
lation, Member States decide on and communicate to the
Commission the annual rate of voluntary modulation
that will apply for the period 2007 to 2012 with an
assessment in order to gauge the impact of the appli-
cation of such modulation.

(1) OJ L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 298, 23.9.2004, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2007 (OJ L 131, 23.5.2007,
p. 10).

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(7)

(8)

The United Kingdom has also communicated the total
amounts to be reduced under voluntary modulation
and an assessment in order to gauge the impact of the
application of such modulation.

It is therefore necessary to fix the net amounts resulting
from the application of voluntary modulation in the
United Kingdom,

Article 2

This Decision shall apply as from budget year 2008.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 22 October 2007.

Article 1

The net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary
modulation in the United Kingdom for the calendar years
2007 to 2012 are fixed in the Annex to this Decision.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in the United Kingdom

Total

of which

Single payment scheme, Title III of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1782/2003

Beef and veal, Article 69 of Regulation (EC)
No 1782/2003

Nuts, Article 83 of Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

362,0

424,0

464,4

475,5

481,6

481,6

(EUR million)

358,6

419,6

459,6

470,6

476,7

476,7

1,49

2,38

2,53

2,68

2,68

2,68

0,001

0,002

0,002

0,002

0,002

0,002

Others (*)

1,909

2,018

2,268

2,218

2,218

2,218

(*) Assessment of the amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation to payments concerning protein crops (Article 76

of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003) and energy crops (Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003).