
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1187/2006 of 3 August 2006 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 as regards the application of Article 21 thereof in certain Member States 

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, and in particular Article 145(n) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 of 21 April 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system 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 provides, in its Article 21, for reductions to be applied in the case of late submission of an aid application.

(2) Several Member States have experienced exceptional circumstances in their administration of the single application for 2006. This situation has in turn affected in varying degrees the ability of farmers in the Member States concerned to lodge their single application within the deadline provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004. Accordingly, the situation is likely to unduly jeopardise the right of certain farmers to receive in full the aid to which they would normally be entitled.

(3) France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom have experienced unexpected problems in their practical implementation of the new Single Payment Scheme due in particular to unforeseeable technical or administrative difficulties. Furthermore, the inclusion of the olive oil sector in the scheme has significantly increased the complexity of the system. The high numbers of farmers lodging an application and the complex calculations of the olive areas to be declared have further complicated the handling of the applications for 2006 in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

(4) Due to the severe situation created by floods in Hungary and unexpected technical difficulties in printing for the first time the relevant graphical information in Poland, the distribution by the competent authorities of complete application forms to the farmers was significantly delayed and affected the farmers’ ability to present their application within the deadline.

(5) In view of this situation it is appropriate not to apply for 2006 the reduction of 1 % per working day and the exclusion provided for in Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 should not apply as regards the applications lodged until dates to be fixed in accordance with the specific circumstances in each of the Member States concerned.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
By way of derogation from Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004, the reduction of 1 % per working day and the exclusion provided for therein shall not apply to single applications submitted for 2006 to the competent authorities:

((a)) until 31 May 2006, in respect of:

((i)) France:

— by the farmers in the French Departments listed in Annex I to this Regulation,
— by the farmers who started to electronically lodge an application before 15 May 2006 but who were not able to complete the electronically lodged application by that date;
((ii)) Hungary, as regards the areas listed in Annex II to this Regulation;
((iii)) Netherlands;
((b)) until 15 June 2006, in respect of:

((i)) France, by farmers growing olive trees eligible to the Single Payment Scheme;
((ii)) Spain, as regards the Autonomous Communities listed in Annex III to this Regulation;
((iii)) Italy;
((iv)) Poland;
((v)) United Kingdom, as regards England;
((vi)) Portugal, by farmers growing olive trees eligible to the Single Payment Scheme.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 3 August 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
French Departments referred to in the first indent of Article 1(a)(i)


 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
 Alpes-Maritimes
 Bouches-du-Rhône
 Haute-Corse
 Corse-du-Sud
 Var
 Vaucluse
 Guadeloupe
 Martinique
 Guyane
 Réunion

ANNEX II
Areas of Hungary referred to in Article 1(a)(ii)


 Szeged
 Kiszombor
 Csongrád
 Domaszék
 Ópusztaszer
 Dóc
 Bordány
 Békésszentandrás
 Gyomaendrőd
 Hunya
 Szeghalom
 Szarvas
 Ágasegyháza
 Akasztó
 Bácsalmás
 Bácsbokod
 Bácsborsód
 Bácsszentgyörgy
 Bácsszőlős
 Balotaszálás
 Bátya
 Borota
 Bugac
 Csengőd
 Csólyospálya
 Dusnok
 Érsekcsanád
 Fajsz
 Fülöpháza
 Harkakötöny
 Harta
 Hercegszántó
 Izsák
 Kalocsa
 Kaskantyú
 Katymár
 Kecel
 Kecskemét
 Kecskemét-Szarkás
 Kiskőrös
 Kiskunfélegyháza
 Kiskunhalas
 Kisszálás
 Kömpöc
 Kunfehértó
 Kunszállás
 Lakitelek
 Madaras
 Mátételke
 Orgovány
 Páhi
 Soltszentimre
 Soltvadkert
 Szentkirály
 Tabdi
 Tiszaalpár
 Tiszakécske
 Uszód
 Városföld
 Zsana

ANNEX III
Spanish Autonomous Communities referred to in Article 1(b)(ii)


 Andalucía
 Aragón
 Extremadura
 Islas Baleares
 Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco
 Castilla-La Mancha
 Castilla y León
 Cataluña
 La Rioja
 Madrid
 Región de Murcia
 Comunidad Foral de Navarra
 Comunidad Valenciana
