Commission Regulation (EC) No 1413/2007 of 30 November 2007 fixing the coefficient of reduction concerning the area per farmer for which aid for energy crops is claimed for 2007
Date: 2007-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, aid system, aid to agriculture, energy crop, utilised agricultural area

L 314/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.12.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1413/2007

of 30 November 2007

fixing the coefficient of reduction concerning the area per farmer for which aid for energy crops is
claimed for 2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 89(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

Article 89(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 esta-
blishes a maximum guaranteed area of 2 000 000 ha
eligible for aid for energy crops under Article 88 of
that Regulation. Article 89(2) states that where the area
for which aid is claimed exceeds the maximum gua-
ranteed area,
for which aid is
claimed shall be reduced proportionately in that year.

the area per

farmer

(1)

(2)

payments are granted to the farmers and at the latest by
31 January of the following year on the basis of the data
communicated in accordance with Article 3(1)(b) of that
Regulation.

(3)

(4)

(5)

In accordance with Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1973/2004, Member States have communicated to the
Commission data on the total area for which aid for
energy crops under Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003 was fixed for 2007. Based on those commu-
nications, it has been established that the total area for
2007 was 2 843 450 ha.

Since the above amount of 2 843 450 ha exceeds the
maximum guaranteed area of 2 000 000 ha eligible for
aid, it is necessary to fix the coefficient of reduction to be
applied to the area per farmer for which aid is claimed
for 2007.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Under Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1973/2004 of 29 October 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 (2), the
coefficient of reduction of areas is to be fixed before the

The coefficient of reduction to be applied to the area per farmer
for which aid for energy crops under Article 88 of Regulation
(EC) No 1782/2003 is claimed for 2007 shall be 0,70337.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
L 284,

(EC) No 1276/2007 (OJ

Commission Regulation
30.10.2007, p. 11).

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

lation (EC) No 993/2007 (OJ L 222, 28.8.2007, p. 10).