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Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (repealed)Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed)

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Article 98Soft fruit payment

1.A transitional area aid shall be granted during the period ending on 31 December 2011 to producers of strawberries falling within CN code 0810 10 00 and raspberries falling within CN code 0810 20 10 which are supplied for processing, under the conditions laid down in this Section (‘transitional soft fruit payment’).

2.The transitional soft fruit payment shall be granted only in respect of areas the production of which is covered by a contract for processing into one of the products listed in Article 1(1)(j) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

3.The amount of the transitional soft fruit payment shall be EUR 230/ha.

4.Member States may pay a national aid in addition to the transitional soft fruit payment. The total amount of Community and national aid shall not exceed EUR 400/ha.

5.The transitional soft fruit payment shall be paid only in respect of maximum national guaranteed areas allocated to Member States as follows:

Member StateMaximum national guaranteed area(ha)
Bulgaria2 400
Hungary1 700
Latvia400
Lithuania600
Poland48 000

If the eligible area in a given Member State and in a given year exceeds the maximum national guaranteed area, the amount of the transitional soft fruit payment referred to in paragraph 3 shall be reduced proportionately to the overrun of the maximum national guaranteed area.

6.Articles 121 and 132 shall not apply to the transitional soft fruit payment.

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