Legal provisions of COM(2007)701 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2007)701 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural ... |
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document | COM(2007)701 ![]() |
date | June 23, 2008 |
Contents
- CHAPTER 1 - CROP SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR COTTON
- Article 1 - Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
- CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL RESTRUCTURING PROGRAMMES FOR THE COTTON SECTOR
- Article 2 - Scope
- Article 3 - General requirements
- Article 4 - Submission and application of restructuring programmes
- Article 5 - Budgetary allocation
- Article 6 - General rules concerning the financing of the restructuring programmes
- Article 7 - Eligible measures and beneficiaries
- Article 8 - Financial resources
- Article 9 - Implementing rules
- Article 10 - Entry into force and application
CHAPTER 1 - CROP SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR COTTON
Article 1 - Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
1. | In Title IV, Chapter 10a shall be replaced by the following ‘CHAPTER 10a CROP SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR COTTON Article 110 - a Scope Aid shall be granted to farmers producing cotton falling within CN code 5201 00 under the conditions laid down in this Chapter.Article 110 - b Eligibility 1. The aid shall be granted per hectare of eligible area of cotton. In order to be eligible, the area shall be located on agricultural land authorised by the Member State for cotton production, sown under authorised varieties and actually harvested under normal growing conditions.The aid referred to in Article 110a shall be paid for cotton of sound and fair merchantable quality. 2. Member States shall authorise the land and the varieties as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in accordance with detailed rules and conditions adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2). Article 110 - c Base areas, fixed yields and reference amounts 1. The national base areas are hereby established as follows:
2. Fixed yields in the reference period are hereby established as follows:
3. The amount of the aid per eligible hectare is established by multiplying the yields laid down in paragraph 2 with the following reference amounts:
4. If the eligible area of cotton in a given Member State and in a given year exceeds the base area laid down in paragraph 1, the aid referred to in paragraph 3 for that Member State shall be reduced proportionately to the overrun of the base area. 5. Detailed rules for the implementation of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2). Article 110 - d Approved inter-branch organisations 1. For the purpose of this Chapter, an “approved inter-branch organisation” shall mean a legal entity made up of farmers producing cotton and at least one ginner, carrying out activities such as:
2. The Member State in whose territory the ginners are established shall approve inter-branch organisations that respect criteria to be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2). Article 110 - e Payment of aid 1. Farmers shall be granted the aid per eligible hectare pursuant to Article 110c.2. Farmers who are members of an approved inter-branch organisation shall be granted an aid per eligible hectare, within the base area laid down in Article 110c(1), increased by an amount of EUR 2.’; |
2. | in Article 156(2)(g) shall be replaced by the following:
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CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL RESTRUCTURING PROGRAMMES FOR THE COTTON SECTOR
Article 2 - Scope
2. No support shall be granted:
(a) | for research projects and measures to support research projects; |
(b) | for measures which are eligible for Community support under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005. |
Article 3 - General requirements
2. Member States shall be responsible for the restructuring programmes and ensure that they are internally consistent and drawn up and implemented in an objective manner, taking into account the economic situation of the producers and processors concerned and the need to avoid unjustified unequal treatment between producers and/or processors.
Member States shall be responsible for providing for and carrying out the necessary controls and penalties in case of non-compliance with the restructuring programmes.
Article 4 - Submission and application of restructuring programmes
Before being submitted to the Commission the restructuring programme shall be subject to consultation with the competent authorities and organisations in the cotton sector.
Each Member State shall submit one single draft programme which may accommodate regional particularities.
2. Restructuring programmes shall become applicable three months after their submission to the Commission.
However, if the submitted programme does not comply with the conditions laid down in this Chapter and its implementing rules, the Commission shall inform the Member State thereof. In such a case, the Member State shall submit a revised programme to the Commission. The revised programme shall become applicable two months after its submission unless an incompatibility persists in which case this paragraph shall apply.
3. Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to changes in respect of restructuring programmes submitted by Member States.
Article 5 - Budgetary allocation
— | Greece: EUR 4,0 million, |
— | Spain: EUR 6,134 million. |
2. Each Member State may decide to terminate its use of the restructuring programme to permanently transfer its annual budget referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, to its national ceiling as determined in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. This decision shall be communicated to the Commission at the latest by 1 August of a given year and shall apply to the direct payments granted under the following calendar year. The communication shall also report on the implementation of the restructuring programme and the achievement of its objectives.
3. The transfer in paragraph 2 of this Article, as well as the corresponding modification of paragraph 1 of this Article, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 after the Commission’s assessment of the implementation of the restructuring programme in light of its objectives.
Article 6 - General rules concerning the financing of the restructuring programmes
2. Member States shall not contribute to the costs of the measures financed by the Community under the restructuring programmes.
Article 7 - Eligible measures and beneficiaries
(a) | full and permanent dismantling of ginning facilities; |
(b) | investments in the ginning industry; |
(c) | participation of farmers in cotton quality schemes; |
(d) | information and promotion activities; |
(e) | aid to machinery contractors, not exceeding losses incurred. |
2. Beneficiaries of the restructuring programmes shall be:
(a) | the beneficiaries of aid under Chapter IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (8) in the marketing year 2005/06, for aid under the measures referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (d) of this Article; |
(b) | the beneficiaries of aid under Chapter 10a of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, for aid under the measures referred to in paragraph 1(c) and (d) of this Article; |
(c) | the approved inter-branch organisations, as defined in Chapter 10a of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, for aid under the measure referred to in paragraph 1(d) of this Article; |
(d) | machinery contractors, for aid under the measure referred to in paragraph 1(e) of this Article, which:
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Article 8 - Financial resources
Article 9 - Implementing rules
Article 10 - Entry into force and application
It shall apply as from 1 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.