COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/648

of 15 February 2022

amending Annex XI to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the amount of Union support for types of intervention for rural development for financial year 2023

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (1), and in particular Article 89(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), Member States are to reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer for a given calendar year, pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title III of that Regulation, by at least 5 % for the part of the amount exceeding EUR 150 000. In accordance with Article 7(2) of that Regulation, the estimated product of that reduction is to be made available as additional support for measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

(2) In accordance with Article 11(6), fourth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the Member States notified the Commission by 1 August 2021 of their decision with regard to the reduction of the amount of direct payments and the resulting estimated product of reduction for calendar year 2022. The notifications of Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Finland indicated an estimated product of reduction bigger than zero.

(3) In accordance with Article 14(1), seventh subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, France, Latvia, and the Netherlands notified the Commission by 1 August 2021 of their decision to make available as additional support under the EAFRD in financial year 2023 a certain percentage of their annual national ceiling for direct payments for calendar year 2022.

(4) In accordance with Article 14(2), seventh subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Croatia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Poland and Portugal notified the Commission by 1 August 2021 of their decision to make available as direct payments for calendar year 2022 a certain amount of the support to be financed under the EAFRD in financial year 2023.

(5) On the basis of those notifications, Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 were amended as regards the national and net ceilings for direct payments for certain Member States for calendar year 2022 by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/42 (3).

(6) The annual breakdown by Member State of the EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan and the total of that contribution for the period 2023 to 2027 is set out in Annex XI to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

(7) Annex XI to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8) As the amendments made by this Regulation affect the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 for the year 2023, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Annex XI to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 15 February 2022. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.

(2) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608).

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/42 of 8 November 2021 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the national and net ceilings for direct payments for certain Member States for calendar year 2022 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2022, p. 3).