I. – A tax is payable by farmers in respect of their agricultural activities, excluding those placed under the flat-rate agricultural reimbursement scheme mentioned in articles 298 quater and 298 quinquies.
II. – The tax is based on turnover for the previous year or the last financial year ended as defined in article 293 D, to which are added payments granted to farmers in respect of direct support allocated in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009, excluding turnover from forestry, shellfish farming and freshwater fishing activities. It is also based on the turnover mentioned on the declaration provided for in the last sentence of 1° of I of article 298 bis.
III. – The tax rate is made up of a flat-rate portion of between €76 and €92 per operator and a variable portion set at 0.19% up to €370,000 in turnover and 0.05% above that. The turnover referred to in II is exclusive of value added tax.
IV. – The tax is paid:
1° On the annual return referred to in 1° of I of article 298 bis, for farmers taxed for value added tax under the simplified scheme referred to in this article. When it is paid on the declaration mentioned in the last sentence of 1° of 1 of the aforementioned article, the flat-rate part and the €370,000 threshold mentioned in the first paragraph of III as well as the amounts above which the tax due is capped pursuant to the second paragraph of said III are adjusted pro rata temporis ;
2° On the return filed in respect of the first quarter of the year or financial year in respect of which or which the tax is due, for farmers who have opted to file quarterly returns and mentioned in the fourth paragraph of I of Article 1693 bis. When it is paid in respect of the period defined in the last sentence of 1° of I of article 298 bis, the flat-rate part and the €370,000 threshold mentioned in the first paragraph of III of this article as well as the amounts above which the tax due is capped pursuant to the second paragraph of said III are adjusted pro rata temporis ;
3° On the schedule to the declaration of transactions for the first quarter or the month of March of the year in respect of which the tax is due, filed pursuant to Article 287, for farmers who have been authorised to submit all of their transactions to the ordinary law value added tax system.
Payment of the tax is made no later than the deadline for filing the returns mentioned in 1° to 3°.
V. – The tax is collected and controlled according to the procedures and under the same penalties, guarantees and privileges as value added tax. Claims are presented, investigated and judged according to the rules applicable to that same tax.
VI. – A joint order of the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister for the Budget sets, within the limits determined in III, the amount of the flat-rate part of the tax.
>