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Article 2

United Kingdom

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In Article 51, paragraph 3, of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘The derogation provided for in the first subparagraph shall apply until 31 December 2008. As from 1 January 2009 a farmer receiving payments under the single area payment scheme shall respect the statutory management requirements referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 according to the following timetable:

  1. (a)

    requirements referred to in point A of Annex III shall apply from 1 January 2009;

  2. (b)

    requirements referred to in point B of Annex III shall apply from 1 January 2011;

  3. (c)

    requirements referred to in point C of Annex III shall apply from 1 January 2011.

However, for Bulgaria and Romania, the application of Articles 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be optional until 31 December 2011 insofar as those provisions relate to statutory management requirements. As from 1 January 2012 a farmer receiving payments under the single area payment scheme shall respect the statutory management requirements referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 according to the following timetable:

  1. (a)

    requirements referred to in point A of Annex III shall apply from 1 January 2012;

  2. (b)

    requirements referred to in point B of Annex III shall apply from 1 January 2014;

  3. (c)

    requirements referred to in point C of Annex III shall apply from 1 January 2014.

The new Member States may also apply the option provided for in the second subparagraph where they decide to terminate the application of the single area payment scheme before the end of the period of application provided for in Article 143b(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.’