
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 552/2007 of 22 May 2007 establishing the maximum Community contribution to financing the work programmes in the olive oil sector and fixing, for 2007, budgetary ceilings for the partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme and the annual financial envelopes for the Single Area Payment Scheme, provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and amending that Regulation 

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 Articles 64(2), 70(2), 110i(3) and (4), 143b(3) and 145(i) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) For the Member State implementing the Single Payment Scheme provided for in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2007, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of that Regulation should be fixed for 2007 under the conditions laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 5 of Title III of that Regulation.

(2) For the Member States making use, in 2007, of the option provided for in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings applying to the direct payments excluded from the Single Payment Scheme should be fixed for 2007.

(3) The maximum amount of aid for olive groves referred to in Article 110i(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be adjusted according to the reduction of the coefficient referred to in the third subparagraph of the same provision and to the amount withheld under Article 110i(4), notified by the Member States concerned. The national ceilings set in Annex VIIIa to that Regulation should be adjusted accordingly.

(4) For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the budgetary ceilings for the Single Payment Scheme for 2007 after deduction, from the ceilings of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 70 of that Regulation.

(5) For Member States implementing in 2007 the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Title IVa of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the annual financial envelopes for 2007 should be fixed in accordance with Article 143b(3) of that Regulation.

(6) For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2007 under Article 143ba of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established on the basis of their notifications.

(7) The maximum amount of Community contribution to the financing of work programmes drawn up by certified organisations of operators in the olive oil sector should be set, according to the coefficient applied to the amount withheld under Article 110(i)(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, notified by the Member States concerned.

(8) Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be amended accordingly.

(9) 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 

1. The budgetary ceilings for 2007 referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. The budgetary ceilings for 2007 referred to in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. The budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme for 2007 referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
4. The annual financial envelopes for 2007 referred to in Article 143b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
5. The maximal amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2007, as referred to in Article 143ba(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, are published in Annex V to this Regulation.
Article 2 
The maximum Community contribution to financing the work programmes drawn up by certified operators in the olive oil sector under Article 110i(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be as follows:
EUR million
Greece 11,098
France 0,576
Italy 35,991
Article 3 
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is amended as follows:

1.. In the first subparagraph of Article 110i(3), the table is replaced by the following table:
'
EUR million
Spain 103,14
Cyprus 2,93'
2.. In Annex VIIIa, the columns concerning Malta and Slovenia are replaced by the following:
'
Calendar year Malta Slovenia
2005 670 35 800
2006 830 44 184
2007 1 668 59 026
2008 2 085 73 618
2009 2 502 87 942
2010 2 919 101 959
2011 3 336 115 976
2012 3 753 129 993
2013 4 170 144 110
2014 4 170 144 110
2015 4 170 144 110
2016 and subsequent years 4 170 144 110'
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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.
ANNEX I

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 66 TO 69 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/20032007 Calendar year(EUR thousand)
 BE DK DE EL ES FR IT NL AT PT SI FI SE UK
 Flanders             Scotland
Area payments for arable crops      372 670 1 154 046        
Durum wheat supplementary payment      42 025 14 820        
Suckler cow premium 77 565     261 153 734 416   70 578 78 695    
Additional suckler cow premium 19 389     26 000 0   99 9 462    
Special beef premium   33 085         5 038 24 420 37 446 
Slaughter premium, adults      47 175 101 248  62 200 17 348 8 657    
Slaughter premium, calves  6 384    560 79 472  40 300 5 085 946    
Sheep and goat premium   855   183 499     21 892 346 600  
Sheep premium       66 455        
Sheep and goat supplementary premium      55 795     7 184 119 200  
Sheep supplementary premium       19 572        
Aid for area under hops    2 277   98   27  99   
Article 69, all sectors              3 398 
Article 69, arable crops     47 323   141 712   1 878  5 840  
Article 69, rice           150    
Article 69, beef and veal     8 810 54 966  28 674   1 681 2 970 10 118  29 800
Article 69, sheep and goat meat     12 615   8 665   616    
Article 69, cotton      13 432         
Article 69, olive oil     22 196      5 658    
Article 69, tobacco     7 578 2 353         
Article 69, sugar     2 246 17 568  8 160   1 104    
Article 69, dairy products      19 763         
ANNEX II

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/20032007 Calendar year(EUR thousand)
 Belgium Greece Spain France Italy Netherlands Portugal Finland
Article 70(1)(a)
Aid for seeds 1 397 1 400 10 347 2 310 13 321 726 272 1 150
Article 70(1)(b)
Arable crops payments   23     
Grain legumes aid   1     
Crop specific aid for rice    3 053    
Tobacco aid       166 
Dairy premiums       12 608 
Additional payments to milk producers       6 254 
ANNEX III

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME2007 Calendar year(EUR thousand)
Member State 
Belgium 488 660
Denmark 987 356
Germany 5 693 330
Greece 2 069 049
Spain 3 542 583
France 6 107 448
Ireland 1 337 919
Italy 3 612 988
Luxembourg 37 051
Malta 1 668
Netherlands 730 632
Austria 643 956
Portugal 413 774
Slovenia 50 454
Finland 521 285
Sweden 714 201
United Kingdom 3 931 186
ANNEX IV

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME2007 Calendar year(EUR thousand)
Member State 
Bulgaria 202 097
Czech Republic 355 384
Estonia 40 503
Cyprus 19 439
Latvia 55 815
Lithuania 147 781
Hungary 509 562
Poland 1 145 834
Romania 440 635
Slovak Republic 147 342
ANNEX V

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE SUGAR PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143ba OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/20032007 Calendar year(EUR thousand)
Member State 
Czech Republic 24 490
Latvia 5 164
Lithuania 8 012
Hungary 31 986
Poland 122 906
Romania 1 930
Slovak Republic 14 762