# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1396/2007

of 28 November 2007

correcting Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as regards the implementation of control procedures as well as cross-compliance in respect of rural development support measures

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [^1] , and in particular Articles 51(4), 74(4) and 91 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** An administrative error has occurred at the time of adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006 [^2] , as a result of which the percentage of the aid, which may be paid after finalisation of the administrative checks, was set at 70 % rather than 75 % as originally intended.

**(2)** Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(3)** The measure provided for in this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Rural Development Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

In the first sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006, ‘70 %’ is replaced by ‘75 %’.

## **Article 2**

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

It shall apply to Community support concerning the programming period starting on 1 January 2007.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 November 2007. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_277_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2012/2006 ( [OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 8](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_384_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 74](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_368_R_TOC) .

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2012/2006 ().
[^2]: .