24.10.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 280/27

(1)

Article 4(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 of 27 March 2007 laying down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, stipulates that the Commission should set the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation and that these amounts should be incorporated into the annual breakdown by Member State relating to Community support to rural development referred to in Article 69(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

(2)

Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 stipulates that the Commission should set the amounts which, pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 and Articles 10(2), 143d and 143e of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (3), are made available to the EAFRD, and the net balance available for EAGF expenditure.

(3)

The amounts to be made available to the EAFRD and the net balance available for EAGF expenditure have to be set on the basis of the maximum annual amounts corresponding to the financial years 2007 to 2013.

(4)

Commission Decision 2006/410/EC (4) established the amounts resulting from the application of the reductions of direct payments provided for in Articles 10(2), 143d and 143e of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, which are made available to EAFRD, and the net balance available for EAGF expenditure, for the financial years 2007 to 2013.

(5)

Council Decision 2006/493/EC (5) fixed the amount of Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective.

(6)

Commission Decision 2006/636/EC (6) established the breakdown by Member State of Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, including as regards the amount of the transfers to the EAFRD.

(7)

As a result of the adoption of Commission Decision 2007/679/EC 22 October 2007 fixing the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation to the United Kingdom for the calendar years 2007 to 2012 (7), under Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007, the amounts which are made available to the EAFRD should be adjusted and added to the annual breakdown for Community support to rural development for the United Kingdom.

(8)

Decisions 2006/410/EC and 2006/636/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,

1.

The sole article is replaced by the following:

‘Sole Article

The amounts available for the budget years 2007-13 to the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) pursuant to Articles 10(2), 143d and 143e of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007, as well as the net balance available for European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) expenditure, are set out in the Annex to this Decision.’;

2.

The Annex to the Decision is replaced by the text appearing in Annex I to this Decision.