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Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed)

EU Regulation No 73/2009 · Adopted 19 January 2009 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009

of 19 January 2009

establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed)

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Repealed (with saving) by Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Art. 72 and, in so far as still in force, specified provisions revoked and amended (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/816), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1 (with Sch. para. 2)

Contents

  1. Title I: SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
  2. 1Scope Repealed
  3. 2Definitions Repealed
  4. 3Financing of direct payments Repealed
  5. Title II: GENERAL PROVISIONS ON DIRECT PAYMENTS
  6. Chapter 1: Cross compliance Repealed
  7. 4Main requirements Repealed
  8. 5Statutory management requirements Repealed
  9. 6Good agricultural and environmental condition Repealed
  10. Chapter 2: Modulation and financial discipline Repealed
  11. 7Modulation Repealed
  12. 8Net ceilings Repealed
  13. 9Amounts resulting from modulation Repealed
  14. 10Special rules for modulation in the new Member States Repealed
  15. 10aAdjustment of direct payments in 2013 Repealed
  16. 10bVoluntary adjustment of direct payments in 2013 Repealed
  17. 10cAmounts resulting from voluntary adjustment and from application of Article 136 Repealed
  18. 10dEAGF net ceiling Repealed
  19. 11Financial discipline Repealed
  20. 11aDelegation of powers Repealed
  21. Chapter 3: Farm advisory system Repealed
  22. 12Farm advisory system Repealed
  23. 13Obligations of designated authorities and private bodies Repealed
  24. Chapter 4: Integrated administration and control system
  25. 14Scope Repealed
  26. 15Elements of the integrated system Repealed
  27. 16Computerised database Repealed
  28. 17Identification system for agricultural parcels Repealed
  29. 18System for the identification and registration of payment entitlements Repealed
  30. 19Aid applications Repealed
  31. 20Verification of eligibility conditions Repealed
  32. 21Reductions and exclusions in the event of non-compliance with eligibility rules Repealed
  33. 22Controls on cross compliance Repealed
  34. 23Reduction of or exclusion from payments in the event of non-compliance with cross compliance rules Repealed
  35. 24Detailed rules on reductions and exclusions in the event of non-compliance with cross compliance rules Repealed
  36. 25Amounts resulting from cross compliance Repealed
  37. 26Compatibility of support schemes with the integrated system Repealed
  38. 27Information and control Repealed
  39. Chapter 5: Other general provisions Repealed
  40. 28Minimum requirements for receiving direct payments Repealed
  41. 29Payment Repealed
  42. 30Circumvention clause Repealed
  43. 31Force majeure and exceptional circumstances Repealed
  44. 32Review Repealed
  45. Title III: SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME
  46. Chapter 1: General implementation Repealed
  47. 33Payment entitlements Repealed
  48. 34Activation of payment entitlements per eligible hectare Repealed
  49. 35Declaration of eligible hectares Repealed
  50. 36Modification of payment entitlements Repealed
  51. 37Multiple claims Repealed
  52. 38Use of land in the event of the deferred integration of the fruit and vegetables sector Repealed
  53. 39Use of land for the production of hemp Repealed
  54. 40National ceilings Repealed
  55. 41National reserve Repealed
  56. 42Unused payment entitlements Repealed
  57. 43Transfer of payment entitlements Repealed
  58. 44Conditions for special entitlements Repealed
  59. 45Revision of payment entitlements Repealed
  60. Chapter 2: Regional and partial implementation Repealed
  61. Regional implementation Repealed
  62. 46Regional allocation of the national ceilings referred to in Article 40 Repealed
  63. 47Regionalisation of the single payment scheme Repealed
  64. 48Revision of payment entitlements Repealed
  65. 49Grassland Repealed
  66. 50Conditions for the payment entitlements established under this Section Repealed
  67. Partial implementation Repealed
  68. 51General provisions Repealed
  69. 52Sheepmeat and goatmeat payments Repealed
  70. 53Beef and veal payments Repealed
  71. 54Transitional fruit and vegetables payments Repealed
  72. Chapter 3: Implementation in the new Member States having applied the single area payment scheme and in Croatia Repealed
  73. 55Introduction of the single payment scheme in the Member States having applied the single area payment scheme and in Croatia Repealed
  74. 56Application for support Repealed
  75. 57National reserve Repealed
  76. 57aSpecial national de-mining reserve in Croatia Repealed
  77. 58Regional allocation of the national ceilings referred to in Article 40 Repealed
  78. 59Allocation of payment entitlements Repealed
  79. 60Farmers with no eligible hectares Repealed
  80. 61Grassland Repealed
  81. 62Conditions for payment entitlements Repealed
  82. Chapter 4: Integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme Repealed
  83. 63Integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme Repealed
  84. 64Integration of coupled support excluded from the single payment scheme Repealed
  85. 65Integration of coupled support partially excluded from the single payment scheme Repealed
  86. 66Optional integration of coupled support partially excluded from the single payment scheme Repealed
  87. 67Advanced integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme Repealed
  88. Chapter 5: Specific support Repealed
  89. 68General rules Repealed
  90. 69Financial provisions for specific support Repealed
  91. 70Crop, animal, and plant insurance Repealed
  92. 71Mutual funds for animal and plant diseases and environmental incidents Repealed
  93. 72Transitional provisions Repealed
  94. Chapter 5a: Redistributive payment in 2014 Repealed
  95. 72aGeneral rules Repealed
  96. 72bFinancial provisions Repealed
  97. Title IV: OTHER AID SCHEMES
  98. Chapter 1: Community aid schemes Repealed
  99. Crop specific payment for rice Repealed
  100. 73Scope Repealed
  101. 74Conditions and amount of the aid Repealed
  102. 75Areas Repealed
  103. 76Overrun of the areas Repealed
  104. Aid for starch potato growers Repealed
  105. 77Scope and amount of the aid Repealed
  106. 78Conditions Repealed
  107. Protein crop premium Repealed
  108. 79Scope Repealed
  109. 80Amount and eligibility Repealed
  110. 81Area Repealed
  111. Area payment for nuts Repealed
  112. 82Community area payment for nuts Repealed
  113. 83Areas Repealed
  114. 84Overrun of the sub-base areas Repealed
  115. 85Conditions for eligibility Repealed
  116. 86National aid Repealed
  117. Seed aid Repealed
  118. 87Aid Repealed
  119. Crop specific payment for cotton Repealed
  120. 88Scope Repealed
  121. 89Eligibility Repealed
  122. 90Base areas, fixed yields and reference amounts Repealed
  123. 91Approved inter-branch organisations Repealed
  124. 92Payment of the aid Repealed
  125. Aid for sugar beet and cane producers Repealed
  126. 93Scope Repealed
  127. 94Conditions Repealed
  128. 95Amount of the aid Repealed
  129. Transitional fruit and vegetables payments Repealed
  130. 96Transitional area aids Repealed
  131. 97Amount of the aid and eligibility Repealed
  132. Transitional soft fruit payment Repealed
  133. 98Soft fruit payment Repealed
  134. Premiums in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector Repealed
  135. 99Scope Repealed
  136. 100Definitions Repealed
  137. 101Ewe and goat premiums Repealed
  138. 102Supplementary premium Repealed
  139. 103Common rules on premiums Repealed
  140. 104Individual limits Repealed
  141. 105Transfer of premium rights Repealed
  142. 106National reserve Repealed
  143. 107Ceilings Repealed
  144. Beef and veal payments Repealed
  145. 108Scope Repealed
  146. 109Definitions Repealed
  147. 110Special premium Repealed
  148. 111Suckler cow premium Repealed
  149. 112Individual ceiling for suckler cow Repealed
  150. 113Transfer of suckler cow premium rights Repealed
  151. 114National reserve of suckler cow premium rights Repealed
  152. 115Heifers Repealed
  153. 116Slaughter premium Repealed
  154. 117Common rules on premiums Repealed
  155. 118Ceilings Repealed
  156. 119Substances prohibited under Directive 96/22/EC Repealed
  157. Chapter 2: National aids Repealed
  158. 120National aid for nuts Repealed
  159. Title V: IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECT PAYMENTS IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES
  160. Chapter 1: General provisions Repealed
  161. 121Introduction of direct payments Repealed
  162. Chapter 1a: Single payment scheme Repealed
  163. 121aSingle payment scheme in Croatia Repealed
  164. Chapter 2: Single area payment scheme Repealed
  165. 122Single area payment scheme Repealed
  166. 123Annual financial envelope Repealed
  167. 124Area under the single area payment scheme Repealed
  168. 125Communication Repealed
  169. Chapter 2a: Redistributive payment in 2014 Repealed
  170. 125aGeneral rules Repealed
  171. 125bFinancial provisions Repealed
  172. Chapter 3: Separate payments and specific support Repealed
  173. 126Separate sugar payment Repealed
  174. 127Separate fruit and vegetables payment Repealed
  175. 128Separate transitional fruit and vegetables payment Repealed
  176. 129Separate soft fruit payment Repealed
  177. 130Common provisions for the separate payments Repealed
  178. 131Specific support Repealed
  179. Chapter 4: Complementary national direct payments and direct payments Repealed
  180. 132Complementary national direct payments and direct payments Repealed
  181. 133State aid in Cyprus Repealed
  182. 133aTransitional national aid in 2013 Repealed
  183. 133bTransitional national aid in 2014 Repealed
  184. Title VI: FINANCIAL TRANSFERS
  185. 134Financial transfer for restructuring in the cotton regions Repealed
  186. 135Financial transfer for restructuring in the tobacco regions Repealed
  187. 136Transfer to EAFRD Repealed
  188. 136aFlexibility between pillars Repealed
  189. 136bTransfer to EAFRD Repealed
  190. Title VII: IMPLEMENTING, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
  191. Chapter 1: Implementing provisions Repealed
  192. 137Confirmation of payment entitlements Repealed
  193. 138Application to the outermost regions Repealed
  194. 139State aid Repealed
  195. 140Transmission of information to the Commission Repealed
  196. 140aDelegation of powers Repealed
  197. 141Management Committee for Direct Payments Repealed
  198. 141aExercise of the delegation Repealed
  199. 141bCommittee procedure Repealed
  200. 142Implementing rules Repealed
  201. Chapter 2: Transitional and final provisions Repealed
  202. 143Amendments of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 Repealed
  203. 144Amendments of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 Repealed
  204. 145Amendments of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 Repealed
  205. 146Repeals Repealed
  206. 146aSheep and goat payments in 2009 Repealed
  207. 147Transitional rules Repealed
  208. 148Transitional arrangements for the new Member States Repealed
  209. 149Entry into force and application Repealed
  210. Signature
  211. Annex IAnnex I Repealed
  212. Annex IIAnnex II
  213. Annex IIIAnnex III
  214. Annex IVNational net ceilings referred to in Article 8 Repealed
  215. Annex VAnnex V Repealed
  216. Annex VIAnnex VI Repealed
  217. Annex VIIAnnex VII Repealed
  218. Annex VIIIAnnex VIII Repealed
  219. Annex VIIIaAmounts resulting from the application of Article 136b in 2014 Repealed
  220. Annex VIIIbAnnex VIIIb Repealed
  221. Annex VIIIcNational ceilings referred to in Articles 72a(6) and 125a(5) Repealed
  222. Annex VIIIdAnnex VIIId Repealed
  223. Annex IX: Payment entitlements referred to in Article 33(1)(b)(iii) Repealed
  224. Fruit and vegetables, ware potatoes and nurseries Repealed
  225. 1For the purposes of this Annex, ‘fruit and vegetables’ shall mean the products listed in Article 1(1)(i) and (j) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, and ‘ware potatoes’ shall mean potatoes of CN code 0701 other than those intended for the manufacture of potato starch for which aid is granted under Article 77 of this Regulation. Repealed
  226. 2Member States shall determine the amount to be included in the reference amount of each farmer on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as: Repealed
  227. 3Division 3 Repealed
  228. 4Division 4 Repealed
  229. 5Division 5 Repealed
  230. 6Division 6 Repealed
  231. BWine (grubbing up) Repealed
  232. CWine (transfer from support programmes) Repealed
  233. Annex X: Components of the national ceilings referred to in Article 54 Repealed
  234. 1The component of the national ceilings referred to in Article 54(1) corresponding to tomatoes shall be as follows: Repealed
  235. 2The component of the national ceilings referred to in Article 54(2) corresponding to fruit and vegetable crops other than annual crops shall be as follows: Repealed
  236. Annex XI: Integration of coupled support into the single payment scheme as referred to in Article 63 Repealed
  237. 1Division 1 Repealed
  238. 2Division 2 Repealed
  239. 3Division 3 Repealed
  240. 4Division 4 Repealed
  241. Annex XIIIntegration of coupled support into the single payment scheme as referred to in Article 64 Repealed
  242. Annex XIIIAnnex XIII Repealed
  243. Annex XIVAnnex XIV Repealed
  244. Annex XVAnnex XV Repealed
  245. Annex XVIAnnex XVI Repealed
  246. Annex XVIIAnnex XVII Repealed
  247. Annex XVIIaAnnex XVIIa Repealed
  248. Annex XVIIIAnnex XVIII Repealed