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| 18.4.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 101/3 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 411/2007
of 17 April 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme 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
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 (c), (d) and (d)c) thereof,
Whereas:
| (2) | Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006 defines the rules for the de-coupled support and the integration of the support for bananas into the single payment scheme. The related detailed rules should therefore be adopted. Those detailed rules should follow the same lines as those already laid down in Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 with regard to olive oil, tobacco, cotton, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory. |
| (3) | In accordance with Article 70(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, Spain, France and Portugal decided to exclude direct payments granted to farmers in the outermost regions from the single payment scheme. Consequently the rules for the integration of banana support into the single payment scheme do not apply to such regions. |
| (4) | Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 provides for the detailed rules for farmers who made investments in production capacity or who leased parcels on a long-term basis. Those provisions need to be adapted in order to take into account the special situation of farmers in the banana sector who made such investments or entered into such long-term lease-contracts before the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006. |
| (5) | The integration of the banana reference amounts into the single payment scheme was decided by Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006. Member States therefore only have very short time-limits to take the necessary steps to comply with that integration. Measures should be taken to ensure a smooth transition from the previous banana compensatory aid scheme to the integration into the single payment scheme. In particular, it should be ensured that farmers may make use of their rights within reasonable time-limits. Where that possibility is at jeopardy, Member States should have to provide for a prolongation of the application time-limits fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. |
| (6) | In accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the national reserve has to be replenished by a linear reduction of all the reference amounts. Rules need to be established to clarify how Member States who already applied the single payment scheme in 2005 and 2006 have to proceed with regard to the integration of the reference amount for bananas into the replenishment of the national reserve. |
| (7) | The specific rules provided for in Articles 48c and 48d of Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 need to be adapted to include the banana sector in the single payment scheme. |
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