27.1.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 24/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 118/2005 of 26 January 2005 modifying Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and establishing budgetary ceilings for partial or optional implementation of the Single Payment Scheme and annual financial envelopes for Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in that Regulation THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to 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 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) N 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 25292001 (*), and in particular Articles 64(2), 70(2), 71(2), 143b(3) and 145(i) thereof, Whereas: (1)  For the Member States making use of the option provided for in Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and in function of the information commu- nicated as referred to in Article 145(i) of that Regulation, the amounts of Annex VIII to that Regulation should be revised. (2)  For Member States implementing the single payment scheme provided for in Title Il of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2005, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 69 of that Regulation should be fixed for 2005. (3) For the Member States making use, in 2005, of the option provided for in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings applying to the direct payments excluded from the single payment scheme should be fixed for 2005. () OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2217/2004 (O] L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 1). (4)  For the Member States making use of the transitional period provided for in Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the budgetary ceilings applying to the direct payments listed in Annexe VI to that Regulation should be fixed for 2005. (5)  For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to publish the budgetary ceilings for 2005 of the single payment scheme after deduction, from the revised ceilings of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 66 to 70 of that Regulation. (6)  For those of the Member States which acceded to the Community in 2004 and will implement the Single Area Payment Scheme provided for in Title IVa of Regu- lation (EC) No 1782/2003 in 2005, the annual financial envelopes for that year should be fixed in accordance with Article 143b (3) of that Regulation. (7)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for direct payments, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation. Article 2 1. The budgetary ceilings for 2005 referred to in Article 64(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be as set out in Annexes 1I and Il to this Regulation. 2. The budgetary ceilings for 2005 referred to in Article 71(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be as set out in Annex IV to this Regulation. 3. The budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme in 2005 shall be as set out in Annex V to this Regulation.