
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 is amended as follows:

1.. In Chapter III, section I, subsection 1, the following Article 25a is added:
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Article 25a 

1. Support for the provision of farm advisory and extension services referred to in Annex VIII Section I D of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania can be granted to the authorities and bodies delivering these services to farmers. This concerns in particular drawing up business plans, assistance in making applications for rural development measures, advice and extension related to respect of good agricultural and environmental conditions and statutory management requirements provided for in Articles 4 and 5 of and in Annexes III and IV to 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. The authorities and bodies selected to provide advisory and extension services to farmers shall avail of appropriate resources in the form of qualified staff, administrative and technical facilities and advisory experience and reliability with respect to the services to be provided.
3. For the period 2007-09, Bulgaria and Romania may implement, as regards the provision of advisory services to farmers, either this measure, or the measure “use of advisory services by farmers and forest holders” referred to in Article 20(a)(iv) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.';
2.. In Chapter III, section I, subsection 4, the following sentence is added to Article 37(2):
‘In Bulgaria and Romania the first call for proposals shall be organised no later than three years after the approval of the programme.’;
3.. In Chapter III, section I, subsection 4, the following Article 37a is added:
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Article 37a 
In Bulgaria and Romania acquiring skills as referred to in Article 63(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 may cover also the costs related to building representative local development partnerships, drawing up integrated development strategies, financing research and preparing applications for the selection of local action groups. Such costs are eligible for potential local action groups.';
4.. In Chapter III, Section 1, the following subsection 4a is added:
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Subsection 4a
Article 39a 
Eligibility conditions for granting support under the measure foreseen in Section I point E of Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania “complements to direct payments” are defined by the Commission decision approving the complementary national direct payments.';
5.. Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 April 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. in point 3.4, a new paragraph is inserted after the first paragraph:
'For Bulgaria and Romania the description under the previous paragraph shall address the impact of the Sapard financial resources.';
2.. in point 5.2, the first indent is completed by the following sentence:
'For Bulgaria and Romania, reference to all ongoing operations/contracts, including in financial terms, and the procedures/rules (including the transitional ones) which apply to these in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 248/2007 on measures concerning the Multiannual Financing Agreements and the Annual Financing Agreements concluded under the Sapard programme and the transition from Sapard to rural development.';
3.. in point 5.3.1.2.3, the following sixth indent is added:
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— list of enterprises benefiting from a period of transition as referred to in section II paragraph 3 of Annex VIII of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.';
4.. the title of point 5.3.1.4 is replaced by the following text
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5.3.1.4. ';
5.. in point 5.3.1.4, the following point is introduced:
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5.3.1.4.3. 

— description of the type of advisory and extension services to be provided;
— the minimum requirements for the bodies responsible for the provision of these services;
— the procedures for the selection of these bodies.
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6.. in point 5.3.4.3, the following third indent is added:
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— For Bulgaria and Romania the minimum criteria for the definition of potential local action groups as referred to in Article 37a.';
7.. the following point 5.3.5 is added:
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5.3.5. 

— Community contribution for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.
— Designation of paying agency.
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8.. the following table is added for Bulgaria and Romania after point 6.2:
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6.2 a. 

Axis Public contribution
Total public EAFRD contribution rate(%) EAFRD amount
Axis 1   
Axis 2   
Axis 3   
Axis 4   
Technical Assistance   
Complements to direct payments   
Total   
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9.. in the nota bene after table 6.2a the following sentence is added:
‘For Bulgaria and Romania the correlation table in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 248/2007 shall be used for the identification of such expenditures’;
10.. the following table is inserted for Bulgaria and Romania after table 7:
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7a. 

Measure/Axis Public expenditure Private expenditure Total cost
Measure 111   
Measure 112   
Measure 121   
Measure 1…   
Total Axis 1   
Measure 211   
Measure 212   
Measure 221   
Measure 2 …   
Total Axis 2   
Measure 311   
Measure 312   
Measure 321   
Measure 3…   
Total Axis 3   
41Local development strategies:— 411Competitiveness— 412Environment/land management— 413Quality of life/diversification   
421Cooperation:   
431Running costs, skills acquisition, animation   
Total Axis 4   
511Technical Assistance
of which amount for the national rural network (where relevant):
((a)) running costs
((b)) action plan   
611Complements to direct payments   
Grand total   

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11.. the following measure codes (143) and (611) are added to the table under point 7:
'(143)provision of farm advisory and extension services in Bulgaria and Romania(611)complementary direct payments in Bulgaria and Romania.'
