
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Titles II and III, Articles 16 to 20, Article 21(2), Article 25 and Articles 30 to 32 shall be deleted;
2.. In Article 27, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
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1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables referred to in Article 46(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.References to the Management Committee for Bananas shall be construed as references to the Committee referred to in the first subparagraph.';
3.. Article 29 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 29 
Member States shall provide the Commission with the information it requires to implement this Regulation.';
4.. The following Article shall be inserted:
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Article 29a 
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).'
Article 2 
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as amended, including by the 2005 Act of Accession, and Regulation (EC) No 2011/2006 (Sugar and Seeds), is hereby amended as follows:

1.. In Article 33(1), point (a) shall be replaced by the following:
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((a)) they have been granted a payment in the reference period referred to in Article 38 under at least one of the support schemes referred to in Annex VI or, in the case of olive oil, in the marketing years referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 37(1), or, in the case of sugar beet, cane and chicory, if they have benefited from market support in the representative period referred to in point K of Annex VII, or, in the case of bananas, if they have benefited from compensation for loss of income in the representative period referred to in point L of Annex VII.';
2.. In Article 37(1), the following subparagraph shall be added:
'For bananas the reference amount shall be calculated and adjusted in accordance with point L of Annex VII.';
3.. In Article 40, paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
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2. If the whole reference period was affected by the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances, the Member State shall calculate the reference amount on the basis of the 1997 to 1999 period or, in case of sugar beet, cane and chicory on the basis of the closest marketing year prior to the representative period chosen in accordance with point K of Annex VII, or, in case of bananas on the basis of the closest marketing year prior to the representative period chosen in accordance with point L of Annex VII. In this case, paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis.';
4.. In Article 43(2), point (a) shall be replaced by the following:
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((a)) in case of potato starch, dried fodder, seed, olive groves, and tobacco aids listed in Annex VII, the number of hectares whose production has been granted the aid in the reference period, as calculated in points B, D, F, H, I of Annex VII, in case of sugar beet, cane and chicory, the number of hectares as calculated in accordance with point 4 of point K of that Annex and in the case of bananas, the number of hectares as calculated in accordance with point L of that Annex;';
5.. In Article 44(2), the second subparagraph, the words ‘or planted with bananas,’ shall be inserted after the words ‘or being under temporary resting obligation,’;
6.. In Article 51, point (a), the words ‘or bananas’ shall be added after the word ‘hops’ at the end;
7.. In Article 145, the following point shall be inserted after point (d)b):
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(d)c) detailed rules relating to the inclusion of banana support into the Single Payment Scheme.';
8.. Article 155 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 155 
Further measures required to facilitate the transition from the arrangements provided for in the Regulations referred to in Articles 152 and 153, in Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and in Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 to those established by this Regulation, notably those related to the application of Articles 4 and 5 and the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 and Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 and from the provisions related to the improvement plans provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 to those referred to in Articles 83 to 87 of this Regulation, may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2) of this Regulation. Regulations and Articles referred to in Articles 152 and 153 shall continue to apply for the purpose of the establishment of the reference amounts referred to in Annex VII.'
9.. The Annexes shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 3 
Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 23 shall be amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
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1. The measures provided for in this Regulation, except for Article 16, shall constitute intervention intended to stabilise the agricultural markets within the meaning of Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy for the period up to 31 December 2006. With effect from 1 January 2007 the same measures shall constitute intervention to regulate agricultural markets within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b), or direct payments to farmers under Article 3(1)(c), of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy.';
((b)) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
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2. The Community shall finance the measures provided for in Titles II and III of this Regulation up to an annual maximum as follows:
(million EUR)
 Financial year 2007 Financial year 2008 Financial year 2009 Financial year 2010 and further
French overseas departments 126,6 262,6 269,4 273
Azores and Madeira 77,9 86,6 86,7 86,8
Canary Islands 127,3 268,4 268,4 268,4'
((c)) paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:
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4. The annual amounts referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall include any expenditure incurred in accordance with the Regulations referred to in Article 29.';
2.. The following Article shall be inserted:
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Article 24a 

1. By 15 March 2007, Member States shall submit to the Commission the draft amendments to their overall programme to reflect the changes introduced by Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006.
2. The Commission shall evaluate the amendments proposed and decide on their approval within four months of their submission at the latest in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).
3. By way of derogation from Article 24(3), the amendments shall apply from 1 January 2007.'
3.. In Article 28, paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:
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3. Not later than 31 December 2009, and thereafter every five years, the Commission shall submit a general report to the European Parliament and the Council showing the impact of the action taken under this Regulation, including in the banana sector, accompanied if applicable by appropriate proposals.';
4.. In Article 30, the following paragraph shall be added:
'In accordance with the same procedure, the Commission may also adopt measures to facilitate the transition from the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 to those established by this Regulation.'
Article 4 

1. Notwithstanding Article 1, point (1) of this Regulation:
— Member States shall continue to apply Articles 5, 6 and 25(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 to producers' organisations which they have recognised no later than 31 December 2006 and to whom aid has already been paid under Article 6(2) of that Regulation prior to that date, and
— Article 12 of that Regulation shall continue to apply in respect of the compensatory aid scheme for 2006.
2. Detailed rules necessary for the implementation of paragraph 1 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 27(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are hereby amended as follows:

1.. In Annex I the row concerning bananas shall be deleted;
2.. The following row shall be added to Annex VI:
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Bananas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 Compensation for loss of income';
3.. The following point shall be added to Annex VII:
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L. 
Member States shall determine the amount to be included in the reference amount of each farmer on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as:


((a)) the quantity of bananas marketed by that farmer for which compensation for loss of income was paid under Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 during a representative period between the 2000 and 2005 marketing years;
((b)) the areas on which the bananas referred to in point (a) were grown; and
((c)) the amount of compensation for loss of income paid to the farmer during the period referred to in point (a).

Member States shall calculate the applicable hectares referred to in Article 43(2) of this Regulation on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as the areas referred to in point (b).
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4.. Annex VIII shall be replaced by the following:
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ANNEX VIII
(EUR '000)
Member State 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 and subsequent years
Belgium 411 053 580 376 593 395 606 935 614 179 611 805
Denmark 943 369 1 015 479 1 021 296 1 027 278 1 030 478 1 030 478
Germany 5 148 003 5 647 175 5 695 607 5 744 240 5 770 254 5 774 254
Greece 838 289 2 143 603 2 171 217 2 175 731 2 178 146 1 988 815
Spain 3 266 092 4 635 365 4 649 913 4 664 087 4 671 669 4 673 546
France 7 199 000 8 236 045 8 282 938 8 330 205 8 355 488 8 363 488
Ireland 1 260 142 1 335 311 1 337 919 1 340 752 1 342 268 1 340 521
Italy 2 539 000 3 791 893 3 813 520 3 835 663 3 847 508 3 869 053
Luxembourg 33 414 36 602 37 051 37 051 37 051 37 051
Netherlands 386 586 428 329 833 858 846 389 853 090 853 090
Austria 613 000 633 577 737 093 742 610 745 561 744 955
Portugal 452 000 504 287 571 377 572 368 572 898 572 594
Finland 467 000 561 956 563 613 565 690 566 801 565 520
Sweden 637 388 670 917 755 045 760 281 763 082 763 082
United Kingdom 3 697 528 3 944 745 3 960 986 3 977 175 3 985 834 3 975 849'
5.. In Annex VIIIa, the column concerning Cyprus shall be replaced by the following:
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Calendar year   Cyprus       
2005   8 900       
2006   12 500       
2007   17 660       
2008   22 100       
2009   26 540       
2010   30 980       
2011   35 420       
2012   39 860       
2013   44 300       
2014   44 300       
2015   44 300       
2016 and subsequent years   44 300       '
