{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1111/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/1111",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1111/2004 of 14 June 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 laying down transitional measures for the application in respect of the year 2004 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 as regards the single area payment scheme for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1111",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1111/2004\nof 14 June 2004\namending Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 laying down transitional measures for the application in respect of the year 2004 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 as regards the single area payment scheme for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 41 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 lays down transitional measures for the application in respect of the year 2004 of the single area payment scheme. In particular, Article 4 provides that the date by which an application is to be submitted by a farmer shall be fixed by the new Member State and shall not be later than 15 June 2004 and that modifications of applications shall be done by 15 June 2004.\n(2)\nIn some new Member States farmers may face some difficulties with the introduction of a new support regime and may not be able to submit an application by 15 June 2004. Therefore, it is appropriate to provide, with effect from 15 June 2004, for the possibility for the new Member States concerned to fix a latest date for submitting an application which shall not be later than 15 July 2004. Consequently, the latest date for modifications of applications should be postponed to 15 July 2004. Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 should be amended accordingly.\n(3)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 328, 17.12.2003, p. 21."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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