Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (repealed)Show full title

Section 5 Seed aid

Article 87 Aid

1. For 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Member States having applied Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 which do not make use of the option provided for in Article 67 of this Regulation shall grant, on a yearly basis, the aids set out in Annex XIII to this Regulation for the production of basic seed or certified seeds of one or more of the species listed in that Annex, under the conditions laid down in this Section (‘seed aid’).

2. Where the area accepted for certification for which the seed aid is claimed is used also for claiming support under the single payment scheme, the amount of seed aid, except in the case of the species referred to in Annex XIII points 1 and 2, shall be reduced, but to no less than zero, by the amount of support under the single payment scheme to be granted in a given year for the area concerned.

3. The amount of seed aid claimed shall not exceed a ceiling fixed by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 141(2) of this Regulation and corresponding to the component of seed aid for the species concerned in the national ceiling referred to in Article 40 of this Regulation, as fixed in accordance with Article 64(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (‘seed aid ceiling’). However, for the new Member States, this seed aid ceiling shall correspond to the amounts set out in Annex XIV to this Regulation.

Where the total amount of seed aid claimed exceeds the seed aid ceiling fixed by the Commission, the aid per farmer shall be reduced proportionately in the year concerned.

4. The varieties of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for which the seed aid provided for in this Article is payable shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 141(2).