
CHAPTER I
Article 1 

1. This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the application of the programmes referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001, Articles 13(1) and 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 and Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1454/ 2001.The programmes referred to in the first subparagraph concern aid for traditional activities connected with beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat production and measures to improve product quality in the French overseas departments, the Azores and Madeira, and the Canary Islands, within the limits of the consumption needs of these regions, with the exception of the Azores.
2. This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the application of the disposal aid provided for in Article 22(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001.
CHAPTER II
Article 2 

1. The Member State may decide to apply either:
(a) a single programme for all the regions concernedor, as appropriate,
(b) a different programme for each region or group of regions concerned.In the case referred to in point (b), the Member State shall ensure equal treatment between producers under one and the same programme.
2. Programmes shall contain, in particular:
(a) a description of the consumption needs in the region or group of regions concerned when the programme is drawn up;
(b) a detailed description of each measure planned and its objectives;
(c) the objectively measurable indicators, calculated at the beginning and end of the year of application of the programme, for evaluating the extent to which the objectives have been achieved and the impact of each measure;
(d) detailed rules for the implementation of each measure, in particular the category and estimated number of beneficiaries, the criteria for granting aid, the estimated amounts per head or per hectare, the conditions of eligibility, the categories of animal and the areas concerned, accompanied by a timetable for implementation;
(e) the financial details of each measure planned;
(f) the system of checks and penalties put in place to ensure that each measure planned is properly implemented and the corresponding expenditure properly executed, wherever possible in accordance with the relevant provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 and with specific reference thereto.
3. Subject to the ceiling referred to in Article 4, the Member State may transfer from one programme measure to another a maximum of 20 % of the financial resources allocated to each of them.
Article 3 
The draft programme for 2005 shall be forwarded to the Commission for approval not later than 30 days after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Any amendment to the programme for subsequent years shall be forwarded to the Commission for approval not later than 15 September of the year preceding the calendar year from which it is to apply.
Article 4 
The Community shall finance the programme from the 2005 calendar year up to the following annual amounts (EUR million):

— Spain
 7,0

— France
 10,39

— Portugal
 16,91.
Article 5 

1. The development of local production shall be measured by reference to headage of cattle, sheep and goats in each region or group of regions concerned.To that end, not later than 30 June of the current year, the Member States shall transmit to the Commission information about the headage of cattle, sheep and goats in each region or group of regions concerned at 31 December of the preceding year.
2. Within 10 days of the entry into force of this Regulation, the Member States shall notify the Commission of the livestock headage situation at 1 January 2003.
Article 6 
The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that this Regulation and the programme referred to in Article 1 are properly implemented. They shall undertake the checks and impose the penalties provided for in the programme in accordance with Article 2(2)(f).
Article 7 
After the checks under Article 2(2)(f) have been carried out, payments to beneficiaries under the programme shall be made in full, once a year during the period starting on 1 December and ending on 30 June of the following calendar year.
Article 8 

1. Each year, not later than 15 July, the Member States shall send the Commission a report for the previous calendar year containing in particular:
(a) an indication of the extent to which the objectives assigned to each of the measures contained in the programme have been achieved, measured using the indicators referred to in Article 2(2)(c);
(b) data on the annual supply balance of the region concerned in terms of, in particular, consumption, headage developments, production and trade;
(c) data on the amounts actually granted for the implementation of programme measures on the basis of the criteria defined by the Member States, such as the number of eligible producers, the number of animals covered by the payment, the eligible area and the number of holdings concerned;
(d) information about the financial execution of each measure under the programme;
(e) statistics on the checks carried out by the competent authorities and any penalties applied;
(f) the comments of the Member State concerned on the implementation of the programme.
2. For the year 2006 the report shall contain an evaluation of the programme’s impact on livestock farming and the agricultural economy of the region concerned.
CHAPTER III
Article 9 

1. Applications for the aid referred to in Article 22(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 shall be submitted by the producer last responsible for keeping the animals during the mandatory period before shipment.Such applications shall include in particular:
(a) the animal's identification number,
(b) a declaration by the consignor indicating the animal’s destination.
2. Payment of the aid referred to in Article 22(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 may be effected between 1 January and 31 December of the year concerned.
3. The Portuguese authorities shall notify the Commission not later than 31 July each year for the previous calendar year of the number of animals for which the aid was applied for and granted.
CHAPTER IV
Article 10 
Regulation (EC) No 170/2002 is hereby repealed.
Article 11 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 3 February 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission