Commission Regulation (EU) No 387/2010 of 6 May 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 introducing detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, as regards the minimum area requirement for the transitional fruit and vegetable payments in Cyprus and the single area payment scheme for farmers in Poland and Slovakia

• Published date: 07 May 2010
• Subject Matter: Agricultural structures,economic, social and territorial cohesion,Agriculture and Fisheries,European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 114, 07 May 2010

7.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 114/1

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 387/2010

of 6 May 2010

amending Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 introducing detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, as regards the minimum area requirement for the transitional fruit and vegetable payments in Cyprus and the single area payment scheme for farmers in Poland and Slovakia

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (1), and in particular Article 142(c) and (e) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Under Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the support schemes for farmers provided for in Titles IV and V thereof (2), the transitional fruit and vegetable payments referred to in Article 1(1)(g) of that Regulation may be granted only for the areas which have been the subject of an aid application in respect of at least 0,3 hectares. By letters of 18 February 2010 and 1 March 2010, Cyprus has informed the Commission about specific size of agricultural holdings and the structure of aid applications in respect of transitional fruit and vegetable payments granted for citrus fruits. As a result, the minimum area for which this payment shall be granted needs to be decreased to 0,1 hectares.

(2) Article 124(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 lays down the rules fixing the agricultural area of the new Member States under the single area payment scheme provided for in Article 122 of that Regulation.

(3) In accordance with Article 89 of Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009, the agricultural areas for Poland and Slovakia are set out in Annex VIII to that Regulation.

(4) By letter of 1 December 2009, Poland has informed the Commission that it had reviewed its utilised agricultural area eligible for the single area payment scheme, as referred to in Article 124(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. The revision follows the updating of

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