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Article 8

United Kingdom

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1.

Member States shall notify to the Commission, no later than 30 November 1998:

(a)

the areas for which applications for the grubbing up premium have been submitted;

(b)

the areas for which applications for the grubbing up premium have been accepted pursuant to Article 5;

and

(c)

the areas actually grubbed up for which a grubbing up premium has been paid;

broken down by species, variety and area of production.

2.

Member States shall notify to the Commission, no later than 30 November 1998, and for each area of production in respect of which a grubbing up premium has been granted:

(a)

an estimate of the area planted with apple trees, pear trees, peach trees and/or nectarine trees before the grubbing-up operation;

(b)

production and withdrawals during the last five marketing years;

and

(c)

the average yield, or production, during the last five marketing years of all the areas actually grubbed up for which the grubbing-up premium was paid;

broken down by species.

3.

For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2:

(a)

the varieties and areas of production shall be those set out in Annexes II and III to Decision 77/144/EEC;

(b)

‘the last five marketing years’ shall mean the marketing years 1992/93 to 1996/97 for apples and pears and the marketing years 1993 to 1997 for peaches and nectarines.