# Commission Regulation (EC) No 674/2008 of 16 July 2008 modifying Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 and establishing budgetary ceilings for 2008 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 Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

EU Regulation No 674/2008 · adopted 16 July 2008

Commission Regulation (EC) No 674/2008 of 16 July 2008 modifying Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 and establishing budgetary ceilings for 2008 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 Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

## Introductory text

Commission Regulation (EC) No 674/2008
of 16 July 2008
modifying Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 and establishing budgetary ceilings for 2008 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 Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
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), 143b(3), 143bc(1) and the second subparagraph of Article 143bc(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union, and in particular the second sentence of Article 20(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishes, for each Member State, the national ceilings which cannot be exceeded by the reference amounts referred to in Chapter 2 of Title III of that Regulation.
(2)
Pursuant to the first sentence of Article 20(3) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006, Portugal decided to reduce the national ceiling of suckler cow premium rights for 2008 and subsequent years and to transfer the corresponding financial amount in order to strengthen the contribution made by the Community, in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006, to financing specific measures provided for under that Regulation. The national ceilings for Portugal for 2008 and for subsequent years, as set out in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should therefore be reduced by the amount to be added to the financial sums established in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 for 2009 and subsequent budgetary years.
(3)
For Member States implementing in 2008 the Single Payment Scheme provided for under Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of that Regulation should be established for 2008 under the conditions laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 5 of Title III of the Regulation.
(4)
For Member States making use of the option provided for in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings applicable to the direct payments excluded from the Single Payment Scheme should be established for 2008.
(5)
For the sake of clarity, the 2008 budgetary ceilings for the Single Payment Scheme should be published after the revised ceilings included in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 have been deducted from the ceilings established for payments referred to in Articles 66 to 70 of that Regulation.
(6)
For Member States implementing in 2008 the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Title IVa of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the annual financial envelopes for 2008 should be established in accordance with Article 143b(3) of that Regulation.
(7)
For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2008 under Article 143ba of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, established on the basis of their notifications, should be published.
(8)
For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme for granting separate fruit and vegetable payments in 2008 under Article 143bb of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, established on the basis of their notifications, should be published.
(9)
For Member States applying the Single Area Payment Scheme, the 2008 budgetary ceilings applicable to transitional payments for fruit and vegetables in accordance with Article 143bc(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, should therefore be established, on the basis of their notifications.
(10)
Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 247/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 

In Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the sums relating to Portugal for 2008 and subsequent years are replaced with the following figures:
2008 ‘608 221
2009 608 751
2010 and subsequent years 608 447’.

## 2 

The figures relating to the Azores and Madeira for the 2009 budgetary year and subsequent years contained in the table in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 are replaced as follows:
2009 ‘87,08
2010 and further 87,18’.

## 3 

1. The budgetary ceilings for 2008 referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are listed in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. The budgetary ceilings for 2008 referred to in Article 70(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. The budgetary ceilings for 2008 for the Single Payment Scheme referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are listed in Annex III to this Regulation.
4. The annual financial envelopes for 2008 referred to in Article 143b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
5. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2008, as referred to in Article 143ba(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, are listed in Annex V to this Regulation.
6. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for granting the separate fruit and vegetable payment in 2008, as referred to in Article 143bb(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, are listed in Annex VI to this Regulation.
7. The budgetary ceilings for 2008 referred to in Article 143bc(1) and the second subparagraph of Article 143bc(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are listed in Annex VII to this Regulation.

## 4 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 July 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission

## Annex I BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 66 TO 69 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

2008 calendar year
(EUR thousand)
BE
DK
DE
EL
ES
FR
IT
NL
AT
PT
SI
FI
SE
UK
Arable crops area payments
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
99
9 462
Special beef premium
33 085
6 298
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
432
600
Sheep premium
66 455
Sheep and goat supplementary premium
55 795
7 184
149
200
Supplementary sheep premium
19 572
Aid for area under hops
2 277
98
27
124
Tomatoes — Article 68b(1)
10 720
28 117
4 017
91 984
16 667
Fruit and vegetables other than tomatoes — Article 68b(2)
17 920
93 733
43 152
9 700
Article 69, all sectors
3 421
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
3 713
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
2 697
18 985
9 932
1 203
Article 69, dairy products
19 763

## Annex II BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 70 OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

2008 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 dairy producers
6 254

## Annex III BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

2008 calendar year
Member State
(EUR thousand)
Belgium
502 200
Denmark
993 338
Germany
5 741 963
Ireland
1 340 752
Greece
2 234 039
Spain
3 600 357
France
6 159 613
Italy
3 827 342
Luxembourg
37 051
Malta
3 017
Netherlands
743 163
Austria
649 473
Portugal
434 232
Slovenia
62 902
Finland
523 362
Sweden
719 414
United Kingdom
3 947 375

## Annex IV ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

2008 calendar year
Member State
(EUR thousand)
Bulgaria
248 821
Czech Republic
437 762
Estonia
50 629
Cyprus
24 597
Latvia
69 769
Lithuania
184 702
Hungary
641 446
Poland
1 432 192
Romania
529 556
Slovakia
188 923

## 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 1782/2003

2008 calendar year
Member State
(EUR thousand)
Czech Republic
34 730
Latvia
6 110
Lithuania
9 476
Hungary
37 865
Poland
146 677
Romania
2 781
Slovakia
17 712

## Annex VI MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143bb OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

2008 calendar year
Member State
(EUR thousand)
Czech Republic
414
Hungary
4 756
Poland
6 715
Slovakia
516

## Annex VII BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR TRANSITIONAL PAYMENTS IN THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 143bc OF REGULATION (EC) No 1782/2003

2008 calendar year
(1 000 EUR)
Member State
Cyprus
Romania
Slovakia
Tomatoes — Article 143bc(1)
869
509
Fruit and vegetables other than tomatoes — Article 143bc(2).
4 478

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/674 (the official version)
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