CELEX: 32006R1187
Language: en
Date: 2006-08-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1187/2006 of  3 August 2006  derogating from Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 as regards the application of Article 21 thereof in certain Member States

4.8.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 214/14
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1187/2006
   of 3 August 2006
   derogating from Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 as regards the application of Article 21 thereof in certain Member States
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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(n) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 of 21 April 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (2) provides, in its Article 21, for reductions to be applied in the case of late submission of an aid application.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Several Member States have experienced exceptional circumstances in their administration of the single application for 2006. This situation has in turn affected in varying degrees the ability of farmers in the Member States concerned to lodge their single application within the deadline provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004. Accordingly, the situation is likely to unduly jeopardise the right of certain farmers to receive in full the aid to which they would normally be entitled.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom have experienced unexpected problems in their practical implementation of the new Single Payment Scheme due in particular to unforeseeable technical or administrative difficulties. Furthermore, the inclusion of the olive oil sector in the scheme has significantly increased the complexity of the system. The high numbers of farmers lodging an application and the complex calculations of the olive areas to be declared have further complicated the handling of the applications for 2006 in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Due to the severe situation created by floods in Hungary and unexpected technical difficulties in printing for the first time the relevant graphical information in Poland, the distribution by the competent authorities of complete application forms to the farmers was significantly delayed and affected the farmers’ ability to present their application within the deadline.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               In view of this situation it is appropriate not to apply for 2006 the reduction of 1 % per working day and the exclusion provided for in Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 should not apply as regards the applications lodged until dates to be fixed in accordance with the specific circumstances in each of the Member States concerned.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               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
   By way of derogation from Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004, the reduction of 1 % per working day and the exclusion provided for therein shall not apply to single applications submitted for 2006 to the competent authorities:
   
               (a)
            
            
               until 31 May 2006, in respect of:
               
                           (i)
                        
                        
                           France:
                           
                                       —
                                    
                                    
                                       by the farmers in the French Departments listed in Annex I to this Regulation,
                                    
                                 
                                       —
                                    
                                    
                                       by the farmers who started to electronically lodge an application before 15 May 2006 but who were not able to complete the electronically lodged application by that date;
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (ii)
                        
                        
                           Hungary, as regards the areas listed in Annex II to this Regulation;
                        
                     
                           (iii)
                        
                        
                           Netherlands;
                        
                     
         
               (b)
            
            
               until 15 June 2006, in respect of:
               
                           (i)
                        
                        
                           France, by farmers growing olive trees eligible to the Single Payment Scheme;
                        
                     
                           (ii)
                        
                        
                           Spain, as regards the Autonomous Communities listed in Annex III to this Regulation;
                        
                     
                           (iii)
                        
                        
                           Italy;
                        
                     
                           (iv)
                        
                        
                           Poland;
                        
                     
                           (v)
                        
                        
                           United Kingdom, as regards England;
                        
                     
                           (vi)
                        
                        
                           Portugal, by farmers growing olive trees eligible to the Single Payment Scheme.
                        
                     
         Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 3 August 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 953/2006 (OJ L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 1).
   
      (2)  OJ L 141, 30.4.2004, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 659/2006 (OJ L 116, 29.4.2006, p. 20).
   
      ANNEX I
      French Departments referred to in the first indent of Article 1(a)(i)
      
                   
               
               
                  Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Alpes-Maritimes
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bouches-du-Rhône
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Haute-Corse
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Corse-du-Sud
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Var
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Vaucluse
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Guadeloupe
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Martinique
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Guyane
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Réunion
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      Areas of Hungary referred to in Article 1(a)(ii)
      
                   
               
               
                  Szeged
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kiszombor
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Csongrád
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Domaszék
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Ópusztaszer
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Dóc
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bordány
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Békésszentandrás
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Gyomaendrőd
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Hunya
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Szeghalom
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Szarvas
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Ágasegyháza
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Akasztó
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bácsalmás
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bácsbokod
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bácsborsód
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bácsszentgyörgy
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bácsszőlős
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Balotaszálás
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bátya
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Borota
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bugac
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Csengőd
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Csólyospálya
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Dusnok
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Érsekcsanád
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Fajsz
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Fülöpháza
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Harkakötöny
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Harta
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Hercegszántó
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Izsák
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kalocsa
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kaskantyú
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Katymár
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kecel
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kecskemét
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kecskemét-Szarkás
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kiskőrös
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kiskunfélegyháza
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kiskunhalas
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kisszálás
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kömpöc
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kunfehértó
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kunszállás
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Lakitelek
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Madaras
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Mátételke
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Orgovány
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Páhi
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Soltszentimre
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Soltvadkert
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Szentkirály
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Tabdi
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Tiszaalpár
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Tiszakécske
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Uszód
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Városföld
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Zsana
               
            
   
      ANNEX III
      Spanish Autonomous Communities referred to in Article 1(b)(ii)
      
                   
               
               
                  Andalucía
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Aragón
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Extremadura
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Islas Baleares
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Castilla-La Mancha
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Castilla y León
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Cataluña
               
            
                   
               
               
                  La Rioja
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Madrid
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Región de Murcia
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Comunidad Foral de Navarra
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Comunidad Valenciana