# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the support schemes for farmers provided for in Titles IV and V thereof (repealed) EU Regulation No 1121/2009 · adopted 29 October 2009 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the support schemes for farmers provided for in Titles IV and V thereof (repealed) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (27 June 2014) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2014-06-27_en.pdf; Revised version (16 November 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2013-11-16_en.pdf; Revised version (1 July 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2013-07-01_en.pdf; Revised version (16 February 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2013-02-16_en.pdf; Revised version (16 August 2012) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2012-08-16_en.pdf; Revised version (23 June 2012) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2012-06-23_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2012) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2012-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (15 August 2010) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2010-08-15_en.pdf; Revised version (8 May 2010) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121/pdf/eur_20091121_2010-05-08_en.pdf ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the support schemes for farmers provided for in Titles IV and V thereof (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: SCOPE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Cumulation of area payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Notifications on farmers’ applications and payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: SPECIFIC RULES CONCERNING TITLE IV OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 ### Chapter 1: General provisions ## 5 Specific requirements on minimum areas and sowing and cultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Coefficients of reductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Crop-specific payment for rice ## 7 Dates for sowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Coefficient of reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Aid for starch potato growers ## 10 Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Minimum price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: Protein crop premium ## 13 Sweet lupins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Mixture of cereals and protein crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 5: Area payment for nuts ## 15 Conditions of payment of Community aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Eligibility conditions for national aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 6: Seed aid ## 18 Certification of seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Production of seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Territorial eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Marketing of seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Advance payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Hemp varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 7: Crop-specific payment for cotton ## 24 Authorisation of agricultural land for cotton production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Approval of varieties for sowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Eligibility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Agronomic practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Approval of inter-branch organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Producers’ obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Communications to the producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 8: Transitional fruit and vegetables payments and transitional soft fruit payment ## 31 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Approval of the first processors and collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Aid level for transitional fruit and vegetable payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 9: Premiums in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector ### Section 1: Applications and payments ## 35 Applications and retention period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Areas eligible for goat premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Application for supplementary premium and for the goat premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Farmers practising transhumance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Payment of the premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Inventory of farmers marketing sheep’s milk or sheep’s milk products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Limits, Reserves and Transfers ## 42 Rights obtained free of charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Use of rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Transfer of rights and temporary leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Change of individual ceiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Farmers who do not own the land they farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Transfer through the national reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Calculation of individual limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 10: Beef and veal payments ### Section 1: Special premium ## 50 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Grant of premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Passports and administrative documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Retention period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Regional ceiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Limits on the number of animals per holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Granting of the premium at the time of slaughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Details of the grant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Suckler cow premium ## 59 Cows belonging to a meat breed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Maximum individual quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Retention period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Average milk yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Additional national premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Individual ceiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Rights obtained free of charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Use of rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Transfer of rights and temporary leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Change of individual ceiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Farmers who do not own the land that they farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Transfer through the national reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Partial rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Special scheme for heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Rounding-off of animal numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Provisions common to the special premium and the suckler cow premium ## 76 Applications for the special premium and the suckler cow premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Slaughter premium ## 77 Statement of participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Weight and presentation of carcases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Retention period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 National ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: General provisions ## 82 Payment of advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Allocation year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Penalties for the illegal use or holding of certain substances or products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Determination of the individual quota for milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Determination of retention periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Identification and registration of animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: SPECIFIC RULES CONCERNING TITLE V OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 ### Chapter 1: Single area payment scheme ## 88 Minimum size of eligible area per holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Agricultural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Production of hemp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Complementary national direct payments and transitional national aid ## 91 Coefficient of reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Eligibility conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Annual report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 State aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: REPEALS, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 96 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Transitional rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: CROP-SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR RICE ### Division: Calculation of the coefficient of reduction referred to in Article 8 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II TEST FOR BITTER LUPINS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III: AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIVING THE GOAT PREMIUM ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV LIST OF BOVINE BREEDS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V AVERAGE MILK YIELD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI NATIONAL CEILINGS FOR THE SLAUGHTER PREMIUM REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 81(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII MINIMUM SIZE OF ELIGIBLE AREA PER HOLDING UNDER THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII AGRICULTURAL AREA UNDER THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IX Correlation table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1121 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1121 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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