Annex

ANNEX XXIV

Common methodology for the calculation of the olive area in olive GIS-ha

The common methodology is based on an algorithm^f1 which derives the olive area from the position of olive trees using GIS-based automatic processing.

1.

DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Annex:

1. (a)

   “olive-growing parcel” means a continuous tract of land covered by eligible olive trees in production each of which is less than a specified maximum distance from another eligible olive tree;

2. (b)

   “eligible olive tree” means an olive tree planted before 1 May 1998, or 31 December 2001 in the case of Cyprus and Malta, or a replacement olive tree or any olive tree planted under a programme approved by the Commission under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 the existence of which is recorded in the geographical information system;

3. (c)

   “scattered eligible olive tree” means an olive tree in production which does not fulfil the conditions necessary to constitute a group of trees on an olive-growing parcel;

4. (d)

   “eligible olive tree in production” means a living eligible olive tree of a species classed as domestic, permanently established, irrespective of age or condition, possibly possessing several trunks separated from one another at the base by less than two metres.

2.

STAGES OF THE ALGORITHM FOR THE AID FOR OLIVE GROVES

Stage 1: Neighbourhood analysis

The neighbourhood analysis parameter (P1) defines a maximum distance of proximity between eligible olive trees, stating whether they are scattered or belong to the same olive-growing parcel. P1 is the radius that originates from an eligible olive tree and defines a circle in which other eligible olive trees must fall to be considered as belonging to the same “olive-growing perimeter”.

P1 is set at 20 metres, which corresponds to an agronomic maximum value in most regions. In certain extensively cultivated regions, to be identified by the Member States, where average planting distances are more than 20 metres, the Member State may decide to fix P1 as twice the regional average planting distance. In this case, the Member State must keep the documents justifying the application of this exception.

Eligible olive trees belonging to olive groves with planting distances greater than P1 are regarded as eligible scattered olive trees.

A first pass of the P1 parameter determines the proximity of eligible olive trees. A buffer is placed around all points (the olive tree barycentres), the polygons created as a result are merged, and a search on polygon size then determines the scattered eligible olive trees.

Stage 2: Attribution of a standard area to the scattered eligible olive trees

After applying P1, eligible olive trees are divided into two classes:

• eligible olive trees belonging to an olive-growing perimeter,

• scattered eligible olive trees.

The area attributed to a scattered eligible olive tree, P2, is set at 100 m², i.e. as a circle with radius of 5,64 m centred on the scattered eligible olive tree.

Stage 3: Application of the internal buffer P3

An area must be attributed to the olive-growing perimeter and a polygon, the shape of which represents the olive grove, must be determined.

First, a network of lines is created linking all the eligible olive trees in the group whose distance from one tree to another is less than the distance P1.

Then an area defined as an “internal buffer” is superimposed on each of these lines. The internal buffer is defined as the set of points whose distance from the network of lines is less than or equal to a value defined as the “width of internal buffer”. In order to avoid the formation of islands which would be classified as “non-olive grove” within a regularly planted olive grove, the width of the internal buffer must be one half the distance P1.

The combination of all internal buffers constitutes a preliminary approximation of the area to be attributed to the group of olive trees, i.e. the area of the olive grove.

Stage 4: Application of the external buffer P4

The final area of the olive grove and the final shape of the polygon that represents that area, are attributed by using a second buffer called the “external buffer”.

An “external buffer” is applied externally to the network of lines that link all the eligible olive trees bordering the olive grove. The external buffer is the set of points whose distance from a bordering line of the network is less than or equal to the value defined as the “width of external buffer”. The external buffer is applied only to the outer side of each line bordering the network, while the internal buffer continues to be applied to the inner side.

The “external” buffer is defined as half of the mean planting distance of the olive-growing parcel (δ), with a minimum threshold of 2,5 m.

The mean planting distance among eligible olive trees is calculated using the following formula:

Mean planting distance $\mathrm{\delta \; =}\sqrt{A}N$

where A = the area of the group of olive trees and N = the number of olive trees.

The mean planting distance will be calculated by means of successive iterations:

• the first mean planting distance δ₁ will be calculated using the area (A₁) obtained applying only P3 (internal buffer),

• a new area A² will be then calculated using as external buffer δ₂ = δ₁/2,

• A_n will be obtained in this way, when the difference between A_n-1 and A_n is no longer considered significant.

P4 thus becomes:

P4 = max [2,5 m; 1/2 δ_n]

where ${\delta }_n=\sqrt{A}N$

Stage 5: Determination of the surface area

— Stage 5a

Determination of the Voronoi polygon

The external and internal buffers (P3 and P4) are combined to produce the final result. The output is a graphic layer, from which the olive-growing perimeter and the olive-growing area must be recorded in the olive GIS database.

Optionally, it may be converted to Voronoi polygons which attribute an area to each eligible olive tree. A Voronoi polygon is defined as “a polygon whose interior consists of all points in the plane which are closer to a particular lattice point than to any other”.

— Stage 5b

Exclusion of areas falling outside the boundaries of the reference parcel

First the olive-growing perimeters must be superimposed on the reference parcel boundaries.

After that, the parts of olive-growing perimeters falling outside the reference parcel boundaries must be eliminated.

— Stage 5c

Incorporation of islands smaller than 100 m²

A tolerance must be applied by means of a threshold on the size of “islands” (i.e. parts of the parcel which are not covered by eligible olive trees, once the method has been applied), in order to avoid the formation of insignificant “islands”. All “islands” under 100 m² may be incorporated. The “islands” to be considered are both:

• the “internal islands” (within the olive-growing perimeter generated by OLIAREA) resulting from the application of the P1 and P3 parameters,

• the “external islands” (inside the reference parcel but outside the olive-growing parcel) resulting from the application of P4 and the intersection between reference parcels and the olive-growing perimeters.

Stage 6: Exclusion of ineligible olive trees

Where ineligible olive trees are also present on the olive-growing parcel, the area obtained after stage 5 must be multiplied by the number of eligible olive trees and divided by the total number of olive trees on the olive-growing parcel. The area calculated in this way constitutes the olive-growing area eligible for the aid for olive groves.

3.

STAGES OF THE ALGORITHM FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

To determine the number of hectares to be taken into account for the purposes of Article 43(1) of and Annex VII(H) to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (determination of the payment entitlements), stages 1 to 5 of the above algorithm shall apply, and stage 6 shall not apply. The area of the scattered olive trees referred to in stage 2 may not be considered, however.

In this case, at the end of stage 5, the Member States may decide to incorporate into the olive-growing area islands of agricultural land greater than 100 m² which have not produced any entitlement, during the reference period, to the direct payments listed in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, with the exclusion of areas under permanent crops and forests. If they decide to do this, this provision shall apply to all farmers in the Member State.

The Member States must keep a record of this derogation and of the checks carried out in the olive GIS.

The same approach shall apply when calculating the number of eligible hectares under Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (Use of payment entitlements).

4.

IMPLEMENTATION

The Member States shall implement this algorithm as a functionality of their olive GIS, adapted to their own system environment. The results of each stage of the algorithm must be recorded for each olive-growing parcel in the olive GIS.

ANNEX XXV

CLASSIFICATION OF TOBACCO VARIETIES

as referred to in Article 171ca

I.

FLUE-CURED

• Virginia

• Virginia D and hybrids thereof

• Bright

• Wiślica

• Virginia SCR IUN

• Wiktoria

• Wiecha

• Wika

• Wala

• Wisła

• Wilia

• Waleria

• Watra

• Wanda

• Weneda

• Wenus

• DH 16

• DH 17

II.

LIGHT AIR-CURED

• Burley

• Badischer Burley and hybrids thereof

• Maryland

• Bursan

• Bachus

• Bożek

• Boruta

• Tennessee 90

• Baca

• Bocheński

• Bonus

• NC 3

• Tennessee 86

III.

DARK AIR-CURED

• Badischer Geudertheimer, Pereg, Korso

• Paraguay and hybrids thereof

• Dragon Vert and hybrids thereof

• Philippin

• Petit Grammont (Flobecq)

• Semois

• Appelterre

• Nijkerk

• Misionero and hybrids thereof

• Rio Grande and hybrids thereof

• Forchheimer Havanna IIc

• Nostrano del Brenta

• Resistente 142

• Goyano

• Hybrids of Geudertheimer

• Beneventano

• Brasile Selvaggio and similar varieties

• Fermented Burley

• Havanna

• Prezydent

• Mieszko

• Milenium

• Małopolanin

• Makar

• Mega

IV.

FIRE-CURED

• Kentucky and hybrids

• Moro di Cori

• Salento

• Kosmos

V.

SUN-CURED

• Xanthi-Yaka

• Perustitza

• Samsun

• Erzegovina and similar varieties

• Myrodata Smyrnis, Trapezous and Phi I

• Kaba Koulak (non-classic)

• Tsebelia

• Mavra

VI.

BASMAS

VII.

KATERINI AND SIMILAR VARIETIES

VIII.

KABA KOULAK (CLASSIC)

• Elassona

• Myrodata Agrinion

• Zichnomyrodata

ANNEX XXVI

RECOGNISED PRODUCTION AREAS

as referred to in Article 171cc

Group of varieties in accordance with Annex I	Member State	Production areas
I. Flue-cured	Germany	Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Bavaria, Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Brandenburg, Mecklemburg-Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
	Greece
	France	Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Auvergne, Limousin, Champagne-Ardenne, Alsace, Lorraine, Rhône-Alpes, Franche-Comté, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Pays-de-la-Loire, Centre, Poitou-Charentes, Brittany, Languedoc-Roussillon, Normandy, Burgundy, Nord-pas-de-Calais, Picardy, Île-de-France
	Italy	Friuli, Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria
	Spain	Extremadura, Andalusia, Castile-Leon, Castile-La Mancha
	Portugal	Beiras, Ribatejo Oeste, Alentejo, Autonomous Region of the Azores
	Austria
II. Light air-cured	Belgium
	Germany	Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
	Greece
	France	Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-Roussillon, Auvergne, Limousin, Poitou-Charentes, Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire, Centre, Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Franche-Comté, Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne, Picardy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Upper Normandy, Lower Normandy, Burgundy, Réunion, Île-de-France
	Italy	Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont, Umbria, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Basilicata, , Sicily, Friuli, Tuscany, Marche
	Spain	Extremadura, Andalusia, Castile-Leon, Castile-La Mancha
	Portugal	Beiras, Ribatejo Oeste, Entre Douro e Minho, Trás-os-Montes, Autonomous Region of the Azores
	Austria
III. Dark air-cured	Belgium
	Germany	Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
	France	Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-Roussillon,Auvergne, Limousin, Poitou-Charentes, Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire, Centre, Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Franche-Comté, Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne, Picardy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Upper Normandy, Lower Normandy, Burgundy, Réunion
	Italy	Friuli, Trentino, Veneto, Tuscany, Lazio, Molise, Campania, Sicily
	Spain	Extremadura, Andalusia, Castile-Leon, Castile-La Mancha, Valencia (Autonomous Community), Navarre, Rioja, Catalonia, Madrid, Galicia, Asturia, Cantabria, area of Compezo in the Basque Country, La Palma (Canary Islands)
	Austria
IV. Fire-cured	Italy	Veneto, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Marche
	Spain	Extremadura, Andalusia
V. Sun-cured	Greece
	Italy	Lazio, Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Basilicata,, Sicily
VI. Basmas	Greece
VII. Katerini and similar varieties	Greece
	Italy	Lazio, Abruzzi, Campania, Basilicata
VIII. Kaba Koulak (classic) Elassona, Myrodata Agrinion, Zichnomyrodata	Greece

ANNEX XXVII

MINIMUM QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

as referred to in Article 171cg

Tobacco eligible for the premium referred to in Article 171ci must be of sound and fair merchantable quality having regard to the typical characteristics of the variety concerned and must not contain any of the following:

1. (a)

   pieces of leaf;

2. (b)

   leaf badly worn by hail;

3. (c)

   leaf with serious damage on more than one third of the surface;

4. (d)

   leaf diseased or attacked by insects on more than 25 % of the surface;

5. (e)

   leaves marked by pesticides;

6. (f)

   leaf which is unripe or distinctly green in colour;

7. (g)

   leaf damaged by frost;

8. (h)

   leaf attacked by mould or rot;

9. (i)

   leaf with uncured veins, moist or attacked by rot or with pulpy or prominent stems;

10. (j)

    leaf from suckers or side-shoots;

11. (k)

    leaf having an unusual odour for the variety in question;

12. (l)

    leaf with soil still adhering;

13. (m)

    leaf with a moisture content exceeding the tolerances laid down in Annex XXVIII.

ANNEX XXVIII

MOISTURE CONTENT

as referred to in Article 171cj

Group of varieties	Moisture content (%)	Tolerances (%)
I. Flue-cured	16	4
II. Light air-cured
Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Portugal — Autonomous Region of the Azores	22	4
Other Member States and other recognised production areas in Portugal	20	6
III. Dark air-cured
Belgium, Germany, France, Austria
Other Member States	26	4
IV. Fire-cured	22	6
V. Sun-cured	22	4
VI. Basmas	16	4
VII. Katerini	16	4
VIII. Kaba Koulak (classic)
Elassona, Myrodata	16	4
Agrinion, Zichnomyrodata	16	4

ANNEX XXIX

COMMUNITY METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF RAW TOBACCO

as referred to in Article 171cj

I.

METHODS TO BE USED

A.

Beaudesson method

1.

Apparatus

Beaudesson EM10 drying oven

A warm air electric dryer in which the air is passed over the sample to be dried by forced convection by means of a special ventilation fan. The moisture content is determined by weighing before and after drying, the balance being calibrated in such a way that the reading given by the 10 g quantity used corresponds directly to the moisture content value in %.

2.

Procedure

A 10 g quantity is weighted out in a pan with a perforated base and then put into the drying column, where it is supported by a spiral ring. The oven is turned on for five minutes, during which time the warm air causes the sample to dry at a temperature of about 100 ^oC.

At the end of five minutes, an automatic timer stops the process. The temperature of the air at the end of the drying process is recorded from a built-in thermometer. The sample is weighed and its moisture content is read directly and corrected if necessary by the addition or subtraction of a 10th of a percentage according to the temperature reading, using the scale provided with the apparatus.

B.

Brabender method

1.

Apparatus

Brabender oven

An electric dryer consisting of a thermostated cylindrical chamber, ventilated by forced convection, into which are simultaneously placed 10 metal pans, each containing 10 g of tobacco. These pans are put onto a table, which can be rotated by means of a central handwheel into 10 different positions, allowing each of the pans, after drying, to be placed in a position where it can be weighed within the apparatus: a system of levers allows each of the pans in turn to be placed on the arm of a built-in balance, without having to remove the samples from the chamber. The balance has an optical read-out scale, and gives a direct reading for the moisture content.

A second balance is attached to the apparatus, being used only to weigh out the initial quantities.

2.

Procedure

The thermostat is set at 110 ^oC.

The chamber is set to preheat: minimum period 15 minutes.

10 quantities of 10 g are weighed out.

The oven is filled.

The samples are dried for 50 minutes.

Weights for determination of the gross moisture content are read.

C.

Other methods

Member States may use other methods of measurement, based in particular on the determination of the electrical resistance or dielectric properties of the batch concerned, on condition that the results are calibrated on the basis of an examination of a representative sample using one of the methods referred to in A and B.

II.

SAMPLING

The following is the procedure to be followed for the sampling of leaf tobacco for determination of its moisture content using one of the methods referred to in I.A and B:

1.

Selection of samples

Select from each bale a number of leaves proportional to its weight. The number of leaves selected should be sufficient to be properly representative of the bale as a whole.

The sample must include equal quantities of leaf from the outside of the bale, leaf from the centre and leaf from a position intermediate to these.

2.

Homogenisation

All the leaves selected are mixed together in a plastic bag and several kilograms of them are chopped up (cutting width 0,4 to 2 mm).

3.

Sub-sampling

After chopping, mix the chopped leaves thoroughly and withdraw a representative sample.

4.

Measurement

Measurement must be carried out on the whole of this reduced sample and precautions should be taken to ensure that:

• no variations in moisture content occur (air- and water-tight bag or container),

• the homogeneity of the sample is not affected by settling of waste.

III.

SAMPLING LEVELS AND FREQUENCY AND THE METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE ADJUSTED WEIGHT

the number of samples to be taken to determine the moisture content of the raw tobacco must be equal to at least three per delivery for each group of varieties. Farmers and first processors may request on delivery for the number of samples taken to be increased,

the weight of the tobacco delivered per group of varieties in the course of the same day is to be adjusted according to the average moisture content measured. If the average moisture content is less than one point higher or lower than the reference moisture content, the weight of the tobacco eligible for the premium is not to be adjusted,

the adjusted weight is: the total net weight of the tobacco delivered per group of varieties in the course of the same day × (100 – average moisture content)/(100 – reference moisture content for the variety in question). The average moisture content must be a whole number given by rounding down for decimals between 0,01 and 0,49 and rounding up for decimals between 0,50 and 0,99.

ANNEX XXX

QUOTA BUY-BACKS FOR THE 2002 AND 2003 HARVESTS

as referred to in Article 171cp

Producers with a production quota of less than 10 tonnes
Group of varieties	Year
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Group I quotas	25 %	25 %	25 %	15 %	10 %
Group II quotas	25 %	25 %	25 %	15 %	10 %
Group III quotas
— 2002 harvest	40 %	40 %	25 %	25 %	20 %
— 2003 harvest	75 %	75 %	50 %	25 %	25 %
Group IV quotas	25 %	25 %	25 %	15 %	10 %
Group V quotas	100 %	100 %	75 %	50 %	50 %
Group VI quotas	25 %	25 %	25 %	15 %	10 %
Group VII quotas	25 %	25 %	25 %	15 %	10 %
Group VIII quotas	25 %	25 %	25 %	15 %	10 %

Producers with a production quota of 10 tonnes or more up to 40 tonnes
Group of varieties	Year
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Group I quotas	25 %	25 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group II quotas	25 %	25 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group III quotas
— 2002 harvest	35 %	35 %	20 %	20 %	20 %
— 2003 harvest	75 %	50 %	40 %	20 %	20 %
Group IV quotas	25 %	25 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group V quotas	90 %	90 %	50 %	50 %	50 %
Group VI quotas	25 %	25 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group VII quotas	25 %	25 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group VIII quotas	25 %	25 %	20 %	10 %	10 %

Producers with a production quota of 40 tonnes or more
Group of varieties	Year
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Group I quotas	20 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group II quotas	20 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group III quotas
— 2002 harvest	30 %	30 %	20 %	15 %	15 %
— 2003 harvest	65 %	65 %	20 %	20 %	20 %
Group IV quotas	20 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group V quotas	75 %	75 %	40 %	40 %	40 %
Group VI quotas	20 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group VII quotas	20 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %
Group VIII quotas	20 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %