Commission Regulation (EC) No 1861/2006 of 15 December 2006 amending Regulation (ECC) No 2237/77 on the form of the farm return to be used for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

of 15 December 2006

amending Regulation (ECC) No 2237/77 on the form of the farm return to be used for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation No 79/65/EEC of the Council of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community ¹ , and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (ECC) No 2237/77 of 23 September 1977 amending Regulation No 118/66/EEC on the form of farm return to be used for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings ² lays down the type of accountancy data to be given in the farm return.

(2) It is appropriate to adapt the contents of the farm return to the new provisions on the Structural Funds and on rural development, and to clarify, simplify or make more coherent some elements of the farm return.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (ECC) No 2237/77 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from the 2007 accounting year beginning during the period between 1 January and 1 July 2007.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 December 2006. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

¹ OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2004. ( OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 97 ).

² OJ L 263, 17.10.1977, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2253/2004 ( OJ L 385, 29.12.2004, p. 7 ).

The Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77 are amended as follows:

1)	(a): In Table A (GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE HOLDING) under heading number 2, the words ‘— Number of the accounting office (optional)’ are replaced by ‘— Number of the accounting office’.	(a)	In Table A (GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE HOLDING) under heading number 2, the words ‘— Number of the accounting office (optional)’ are replaced by ‘— Number of the accounting office’.	(b)	In Table H, in the headings of columns 4 and 8 the words ‘working capital’ are replaced by ‘Other assets’.
(a)	In Table A (GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE HOLDING) under heading number 2, the words ‘— Number of the accounting office (optional)’ are replaced by ‘— Number of the accounting office’.
(b)	In Table H, in the headings of columns 4 and 8 the words ‘working capital’ are replaced by ‘Other assets’.

(2) Annex II is amended as follows:

(a)	6: = — the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in a Convergence objective area, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, in particular Article 5 thereof; 7: = — the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in a Regional competitiveness and employment objective area, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, in particular Article 6 thereof; 8: = — the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in an area eligible for transitional support, within the meaning of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.’	6
6	=	the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in a Convergence objective area, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, in particular Article 5 thereof;
7	=	the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in a Regional competitiveness and employment objective area, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, in particular Article 6 thereof;
8	=	the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in an area eligible for transitional support, within the meaning of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.’

(b)	1: = — the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is not situated in an area eligible to Natura 2000 payments or payments linked to Directive 2000/60/EC, within the meaning of Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005; 2: = — the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in an area eligible to Natura 2000 payments or payments linked to Directive 2000/60/EC, within the meaning of Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.’	1	=	the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is not situated in an area eligible to Natura 2000 payments or payments linked to Directive 2000/60/EC, within the meaning of Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;	2	=	the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in an area eligible to Natura 2000 payments or payments linked to Directive 2000/60/EC, within the meaning of Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.’
1	=	the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is not situated in an area eligible to Natura 2000 payments or payments linked to Directive 2000/60/EC, within the meaning of Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;
2	=	the majority of the utilised agricultural area of the holding is situated in an area eligible to Natura 2000 payments or payments linked to Directive 2000/60/EC, within the meaning of Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.’

(c) Point 23 is replaced by the following: ‘23. CALVES FOR FATTENING Calves for fattening usually slaughtered at the age of about six months.’

(d)	‘—: loans for other assets (columns 4 and 8)’.	‘—	loans for other assets (columns 4 and 8)’.
‘—	loans for other assets (columns 4 and 8)’.

(e) In point 107 VAT system, under LITHUANIA, the words ‘VAT not applicable’ are replaced by ‘Special.’

(f)	‘138.: Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries under shelter (including pineapple and sweetcorn): crops grown under shelter (greenhouses, permanent frames, accessible plastic tunnels) during the whole or greater part of the growing season. Crops grown in not accessible plastic tunnels, under cloches or portable frames are not considered as crops under shelter. In the case of a multistorey greenhouse, only the basic area is counted.’	‘138.	Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries under shelter (including pineapple and sweetcorn): crops grown under shelter (greenhouses, permanent frames, accessible plastic tunnels) during the whole or greater part of the growing season. Crops grown in not accessible plastic tunnels, under cloches or portable frames are not considered as crops under shelter. In the case of a multistorey greenhouse, only the basic area is counted.’
‘138.	Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries under shelter (including pineapple and sweetcorn): crops grown under shelter (greenhouses, permanent frames, accessible plastic tunnels) during the whole or greater part of the growing season. Crops grown in not accessible plastic tunnels, under cloches or portable frames are not considered as crops under shelter. In the case of a multistorey greenhouse, only the basic area is counted.’

(g)	‘169.: Hens' eggs (including eggs for hatching)’.	‘169.	Hens' eggs (including eggs for hatching)’.
‘169.	Hens' eggs (including eggs for hatching)’.

(h) In section L. QUOTAS AND OTHER RIGHTS, under COLUMNS IN TABLE L and under Taxes, additional levy (column 10), the last sentence ‘Enter “0” if there is quota but no payment’ is deleted.

(i) In point 601, Area payments for non-irrigated land, the sentence ‘Sum of headings 602 to 618’ is replaced by the following: ‘In column 4, Number of basic units for payments: sum of headings 602 to 618 excluding headings 608, 614 and 618 when the same basic units are also registered under any other heading in table M. In column 5 Total aid: sum of headings 602 to 618.’

(j) In point 621, Area payments for irrigated land, the sentence ‘Sum of headings 622 to 638’ is replaced by the following: ‘In column 4, Number of basic units for payments: sum of headings 622 to 638 excluding headings 628, 634 and 638 when the same basic units are also registered under any other heading in table M. In column 5 Total aid: sum of headings 622 to 638.’

(k)

‘700.: Direct payments to beef production pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 and (EC) No 1782/2003. The total of direct payments to beef is also to be entered in Table J, with code 700. The following table indicates headings for direct payments to beef, according to Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 and (EC) No 1782/2003, Headings Number of basic units for payments Total aid 700 Total beef payments (sum of headings 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760) — Compulsory 710 Special premium (sum of headings 711 and 715) Compulsory Compulsory 711 Special premium for bulls Compulsory Compulsory 715 Special premium for steers Compulsory Compulsory 730 Suckler cow premium (sum of headings 731 and 735) — Compulsory 731 Suckler cow premium for suckler cows and heifers Compulsory Compulsory 735 Suckler cow premium: additional national premium Compulsory Compulsory 740 Slaughter premium (sum of headings 741 and 742) — Compulsory 741 Slaughter premium: 1 to 7 months Optional Compulsory 742 Slaughter premium: 8 months and over Compulsory Compulsory 750 Extensification payment, total Compulsory Compulsory 760 Additional payments (national envelope) — Compulsory’ — Headings — Number of basic units for payments — Total aid — 700 — Total beef payments (sum of headings 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760) — — — Compulsory — 710 — Special premium (sum of headings 711 and 715) — Compulsory — Compulsory — 711 — Special premium for bulls — Compulsory — Compulsory — 715 — Special premium for steers — Compulsory — Compulsory — 730 — Suckler cow premium (sum of headings 731 and 735) — — — Compulsory — 731 — Suckler cow premium for suckler cows and heifers — Compulsory — Compulsory — 735 — Suckler cow premium: additional national premium — Compulsory — Compulsory — 740 — Slaughter premium (sum of headings 741 and 742) — — — Compulsory — 741 — Slaughter premium: 1 to 7 months — Optional — Compulsory — 742 — Slaughter premium: 8 months and over — Compulsory — Compulsory — 750 — Extensification payment, total — Compulsory — Compulsory — 760 — Additional payments (national envelope) — — — Compulsory’
Headings: Number of basic units for payments — Total aid
700: Total beef payments (sum of headings 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760) — — — Compulsory
710: Special premium (sum of headings 711 and 715) — Compulsory — Compulsory
711: Special premium for bulls — Compulsory — Compulsory
715: Special premium for steers — Compulsory — Compulsory
730: Suckler cow premium (sum of headings 731 and 735) — — — Compulsory
731: Suckler cow premium for suckler cows and heifers — Compulsory — Compulsory
735: Suckler cow premium: additional national premium — Compulsory — Compulsory
740: Slaughter premium (sum of headings 741 and 742) — — — Compulsory
741: Slaughter premium: 1 to 7 months — Optional — Compulsory
742: Slaughter premium: 8 months and over — Compulsory — Compulsory
750: Extensification payment, total — Compulsory — Compulsory
760: Additional payments (national envelope) — — — Compulsory’

. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2004. (). ↩ ↩²
. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2253/2004 (). ↩ ↩²