2009/172/EC: Council Decision of 21 January 2008 adapting Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania
Date: 2008-01-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Romania, accession to the European Union, food industry, food inspection, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 January 2008

adapting Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania

(2009/172/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

and axis 3 as well as for technical assistance, and to 82 %
for axis 2.

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 34(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(3)

(4)

(1) Article 70 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of
20 September 2005 on support for rural development by
the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
(EAFRD) (1) establishes
the Community
financial contribution for each axis.

the rates of

(2)

Section IV of Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria
and Romania, as amended by Council Decision 2006/664/
EC of 19 June 2006 adapting Annex VIII to the Act of
Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (2), establishes, by way
of derogation from Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/
2005, the rates per axis of the Community support granted
in Bulgaria and Romania for rural development under the
EAFRD. Such contribution may amount to 80 % for axis 1

The co-financing rates specified per axis cannot apply to the
amounts that, as provided for in Section I, sub-section E, of
Annex VIII
to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, may be granted to farmers eligible for comple-
mentary national direct payments or aids under Arti-
cle 143c of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of
29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct
support under
the common agricultural policy and
establishing certain support schemes for farmers (3).

The maximum financial contribution of the Community to
complements to direct payments amounts needs to be
specified also for the purpose of applying Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 of 15 December 2006
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support
rural
development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural
Development (EAFRD) (4), Annex II to which provides for
an indicative financial breakdown by rural development
axis and measure, including the measure ‘complements to
direct payments’.

for

(5) With a view to maintain the results of

the accession
negotiations and the consistency of the co-financing rates
system after technical adaptations has been done to the
regulations concerning rural development, the maximum

(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 277, 9.10.2006, p. 4.

(3) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 15.

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financial contribution of the Community to complements
to direct payments amounts should be fixed at the same
percentage as for axis 1 and 3 as well as for the technical
assistance,

By way of derogation from Article 70(3)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005, the financial contribution of the Community
may amount to 82 % for axis 2.’

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 2

Article 1

This Decision shall
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

take effect on the day following its

In Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
Section IV shall be replaced by the following:

‘By way of derogation from Article 70(3)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005, the financial contribution of the Community
may amount to 80 % for axis 1 and 3, the technical assistance
measure and the complements to direct payments.

Done at Brussels, 21 January 2008.

For the Council

The President

I. JARC