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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 207/2013 of 11 March 2013 derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as            regards the deadline for reviewing the decision on specific support for 2013 and from Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009            as regards the notification of such a review (repealed)         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 207/2013                     

# of 11 March 2013

# derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the deadline for reviewing the decision on specific support                        for 2013 and from Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 as regards the notification of such a review (repealed)                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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(1), and in particular Article 142(c) and (r) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Pursuant to Article 68(8) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, by 1 September 2012, Member States could review the decision referred                              to in Article 69(1) of that Regulation and decide, with effect from 2013, to modify the amounts for the funding of the specific                              support provided for in Article 68(1) or put an end to the application of that support.

(2)As a result of the continuous increase of feed prices due to adverse climatic conditions having affected some of the most                              important Union and world suppliers of grains in 2012, Member States are facing an aggravation of the economic situation of                              agricultural holdings, particularly in the dairy, beef and veal and sheep and goat sectors. Those sectors were, at the end                              of that year, encountering severe financial difficulties due to the significant share of feed prices in their production costs.                              An emergency situation has ensued where there exists a real risk of a slowing or a suspension of the activity leading eventually                              to a decrease or an abandonment of production in those sectors. The current situation could not have been foreseen at the                              time when decisions for the year 2013 could have been reviewed by Member States in accordance with Article 68(8) of Regulation                              (EC) No 73/2009.

(3)The specific support provided for in Article 68(1) appears to be a suitable tool for addressing such a situation by granting                              support to holdings the viability of which is threatened. In order to address the aggravation of the situation of farmers                              in the dairy, beef and veal and sheep and goat sectors and to avoid serious practical and specific problems which may consist                              in reconversion towards other agricultural activities or transfer of holdings, Member States should be allowed to review the                              decisions taken for the year 2013 within a new time period.

(4)For the same reasons, the deadline laid down in Article 50(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 of 29 October 2009                              laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Council Regulation                              (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and                              establishing certain support schemes for farmers(2) for notification of such a review to the Commission should be extended.

(5)It is therefore appropriate to derogate from Regulations (EC) No 73/2009 and (EC) No 1120/2009.

(6)As the derogations concern the year 2013, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.

(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 1U.K.Derogation from Regulation (EC) No 73/2009

By way of derogation from Article 68(8) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Member States may, by 22 March 2013, review the decision                     taken pursuant to Article 69(1) of that Regulation as regards the specific support to be granted to the dairy, beef and veal                     and/or sheep and goat sectors with effect from the year 2013.                  

## Article 2U.K.Derogation from Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 50(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009, Member States shall inform                     the Commission by 22 March 2013 of the specific support measures they intend to apply in the dairy, beef and veal and/or sheep                     and goat sectors.                  

## Article 3U.K.Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

1

OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.                           

2

OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 1.