Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (repealed)Show full title

Article 54 Transitional fruit and vegetables payments

1. Member States may retain, until 31 December 2011, up to 50 % of the component of the national ceilings referred to in Article 40 corresponding to support for the production of tomatoes.

In this case and within the ceiling determined in accordance with Article 51(2), the Member State concerned shall make, on a yearly basis, an additional payment to farmers.

The additional payment shall be granted to farmers producing tomatoes, under the conditions provided for in Section 8 of Chapter 1 of Title IV.

2. Member States may retain:

(a) until 31 December 2010, up to 100 % of the component of the national ceilings referred to in Article 40 of this Regulation corresponding to support for the production of fruit and vegetable crops other than annual crops listed in the third subparagraph of this paragraph which are supplied for processing and were eligible under the aid schemes set out in Regulations (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 2202/96; and

(b) from 1 January 2011 until 31 December 2012, up to 75 % of the component of the national ceilings referred to in Article 40 of this Regulation corresponding to support for the production of fruit and vegetable crops other than annual crops listed in the third subparagraph of this paragraph which are supplied for processing and were eligible under the aid schemes set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organization of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1) and Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits(2).

In this case and within the ceiling determined in accordance with Article 51(2) of this Regulation, the Member State concerned shall make, on a yearly basis, an additional payment to farmers.

The additional payment shall be granted to farmers producing one or more of the following fruit and vegetables, as determined by the Member State concerned, under the conditions provided for in Section 8 of Chapter 1 of Title IV:

(a) fresh figs;

(b) fresh citrus fruits;

(c) table grapes;

(d) pears;

(e) peaches and nectarines; and

(f) ‘d'Ente’ plums.

3. The components of the national ceilings referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are those set out in Annex X.

(1)

OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.

(2)

OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49.