CELEX: 32007R0552
Language: en
Date: 2007-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2007 of 22 May 2007 establishing the maximum Community contribution to financing the work programmes in the olive oil sector and fixing, for 2007, budgetary ceilings for the partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme and the annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme, provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and amending that Regulation

23.5.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 131/10
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 552/2007
   of 22 May 2007
   establishing the maximum Community contribution to financing the work programmes in the olive oil sector and fixing, for 2007, budgetary ceilings for the partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme and the annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme, provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and amending that Regulation
   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 Articles 64(2), 70(2), 110i(3) and (4), 143b(3) and 145(i) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               For the Member State implementing the Single Payment Scheme provided for in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2007, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of that Regulation should be fixed for 2007 under the conditions laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 5 of Title III of that Regulation.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               For the Member States making use, in 2007, of the option provided for in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings applying to the direct payments excluded from the Single Payment Scheme should be fixed for 2007.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The maximum amount of aid for olive groves referred to in Article 110i(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be adjusted according to the reduction of the coefficient referred to in the third subparagraph of the same provision and to the amount withheld under Article 110i(4), notified by the Member States concerned. The national ceilings set in Annex VIIIa to that Regulation should be adjusted accordingly.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the budgetary ceilings for the Single Payment Scheme for 2007 after deduction, from the ceilings of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 70 of that Regulation.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               For Member States implementing in 2007 the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Title IVa of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the annual financial envelopes for 2007 should be fixed in accordance with Article 143b(3) of that Regulation.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2007 under Article 143ba of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established on the basis of their notifications.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               The maximum amount of Community contribution to the financing of work programmes drawn up by certified organisations of operators in the olive oil sector should be set, according to the coefficient applied to the amount withheld under Article 110(i)(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, notified by the Member States concerned.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (9)
            
            
               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
   1.   The budgetary ceilings for 2007 referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
   2.   The budgetary ceilings for 2007 referred to in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
   3.   The budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme for 2007 referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
   4.   The annual financial envelopes for 2007 referred to in Article 143b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
   5.   The maximal amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2007, as referred to in Article 143ba(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, are published in Annex V to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   The maximum Community contribution to financing the work programmes drawn up by certified operators in the olive oil sector under Article 110i(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be as follows:
   
               EUR million
            
         
               Greece
            
            
               11,098
            
         
               France
            
            
               0,576
            
         
               Italy
            
            
               35,991
            
         Article 3
   Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               In the first subparagraph of Article 110i(3), the table is replaced by the following table:
               
                           EUR million
                        
                     
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           103,14
                        
                     
                           Cyprus
                        
                        
                           2,93’
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               In Annex VIIIa, the columns concerning Malta and Slovenia are replaced by the following:
               
                           ‘Calendar year
                        
                        
                           Malta
                        
                        
                           Slovenia
                        
                     
                           2005
                        
                        
                           670
                        
                        
                           35 800
                        
                     
                           2006
                        
                        
                           830
                        
                        
                           44 184
                        
                     
                           2007
                        
                        
                           1 668
                        
                        
                           59 026
                        
                     
                           2008
                        
                        
                           2 085
                        
                        
                           73 618
                        
                     
                           2009
                        
                        
                           2 502
                        
                        
                           87 942
                        
                     
                           2010
                        
                        
                           2 919
                        
                        
                           101 959
                        
                     
                           2011
                        
                        
                           3 336
                        
                        
                           115 976
                        
                     
                           2012
                        
                        
                           3 753
                        
                        
                           129 993
                        
                     
                           2013
                        
                        
                           4 170
                        
                        
                           144 110
                        
                     
                           2014
                        
                        
                           4 170
                        
                        
                           144 110
                        
                     
                           2015
                        
                        
                           4 170
                        
                        
                           144 110
                        
                     
                           2016 and subsequent years
                        
                        
                           4 170
                        
                        
                           144 110’
                        
                     
         Article 4
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 22 May 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 Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 13).
   
      ANNEX I
      BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 66 TO 69 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
      2007 Calendar year
      
                  (EUR thousand)
               
            
                   
               
               
                  BE
               
               
                  DK
               
               
                  DE
               
               
                  EL
               
               
                  ES
               
               
                  FR
               
               
                  IT
               
               
                  NL
               
               
                  AT
               
               
                  PT
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  FI
               
               
                  SE
               
               
                  UK
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Flanders
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  Scotland
               
            
                  Area payments for arable crops
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  372 670
               
               
                  1 154 046
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Durum wheat supplementary payment
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  42 025
               
               
                  14 820
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Suckler cow premium
               
               
                  77 565
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  260 242
               
               
                  733 137
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  70 578
               
               
                  79 031
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Additional suckler cow premium
               
               
                  19 389
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  26 911
               
               
                  1 279
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  99
               
               
                  9 503
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Special beef premium
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  33 085
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  5 038
               
               
                  24 420
               
               
                  37 446
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Slaughter premium, adults
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  47 175
               
               
                  101 248
               
               
                   
               
               
                  62 200
               
               
                  17 348
               
               
                  8 657
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Slaughter premium, calves
               
               
                   
               
               
                  6 384
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  560
               
               
                  79 472
               
               
                   
               
               
                  40 300
               
               
                  5 085
               
               
                  946
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Sheep and goat premium
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  855
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  183 499
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  21 892
               
               
                  346
               
               
                  600
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Sheep premium
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  66 455
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Sheep and goat supplementary premium
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  55 795
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  7 184
               
               
                  119
               
               
                  200
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Sheep supplementary premium
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  19 572
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Aid for area under hops
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  2 277
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  98
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  27
               
               
                   
               
               
                  99
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, all sectors
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  3 398
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, arable crops
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  47 323
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  141 712
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 878
               
               
                   
               
               
                  5 840
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, rice
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  150
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, beef and veal
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  8 810
               
               
                  54 966
               
               
                   
               
               
                  28 674
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 684
               
               
                  2 970
               
               
                  10 118
               
               
                   
               
               
                  29 800
               
            
                  Article 69, sheep and goat meat
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  12 615
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  8 665
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  616
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, cotton
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  13 432
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, olive oil
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  22 196
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  5 658
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, tobacco
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  7 578
               
               
                  2 353
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, sugar
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  2 246
               
               
                  17 568
               
               
                   
               
               
                  8 160
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 104
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Article 69, dairy products
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  19 763
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
      2007 Calendar year
      
                  (EUR thousand)
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Belgium
               
               
                  Greece
               
               
                  Spain
               
               
                  France
               
               
                  Italy
               
               
                  Netherlands
               
               
                  Portugal
               
               
                  Finland
               
            
                  Article 70(1)(a)
               
            
                  Aid for seeds
               
               
                  1 397
               
               
                  1 400
               
               
                  10 347
               
               
                  2 310
               
               
                  13 321
               
               
                  726
               
               
                  272
               
               
                  1 150
               
            
                  Article 70(1)(b)
               
            
                  Arable crops payments
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  23
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Grain legumes aid
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Crop specific aid for rice
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  3 053
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Tobacco aid
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  166
               
               
                   
               
            
   
      ANNEX III
      BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME
      2007 Calendar year
      
                  (EUR thousand)
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Belgium
               
               
                  488 660
               
            
                  Denmark
               
               
                  987 356
               
            
                  Germany
               
               
                  5 693 330
               
            
                  Greece
               
               
                  2 069 049
               
            
                  Spain
               
               
                  3 542 583
               
            
                  France
               
               
                  6 107 448
               
            
                  Ireland
               
               
                  1 337 919
               
            
                  Italy
               
               
                  3 612 988
               
            
                  Luxembourg
               
               
                  37 051
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  1 668
               
            
                  Netherlands
               
               
                  730 632
               
            
                  Austria
               
               
                  643 956
               
            
                  Portugal
               
               
                  432 636
               
            
                  Slovenia
               
               
                  50 454
               
            
                  Finland
               
               
                  521 285
               
            
                  Sweden
               
               
                  714 201
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  3 931 186
               
            
   
      ANNEX IV
      ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME
      2007 Calendar year
      
                  (EUR thousand)
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Bulgaria
               
               
                  202 097
               
            
                  Czech Republic
               
               
                  355 384
               
            
                  Estonia
               
               
                  40 503
               
            
                  Cyprus
               
               
                  19 439
               
            
                  Latvia
               
               
                  55 815
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  147 781
               
            
                  Hungary
               
               
                  509 562
               
            
                  Poland
               
               
                  1 145 834
               
            
                  Romania
               
               
                  440 635
               
            
                  Slovak Republic
               
               
                  147 342
               
            
   
      ANNEX V
      MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE SUGAR PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143ba OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003
      2007 Calendar year
      
                  (EUR thousand)
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Czech Republic
               
               
                  24 490
               
            
                  Latvia
               
               
                  5 164
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  8 012
               
            
                  Hungary
               
               
                  31 986
               
            
                  Poland
               
               
                  122 906
               
            
                  Romania
               
               
                  1 930
               
            
                  Slovak Republic
               
               
                  14 762