EN Official Journal of the European Union L 181/49

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 July 2009

fixing the annual breakdown per Member State of the amount referred to in Article 69(2a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 concerning support to rural development and amending Commission Decision 2006/636/EC

(notified under document number C(2009) 5307)

(2009/545/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (1), and in particular Article 69(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Following the introduction of the new modulation rules, established in 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agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (2), Commission Decision 2006/410/EC (3) has been replaced by Commission Decision 2009/379/EC of 11 May 2009 setting the amounts which, pursuant to Council Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 378/2007, (EC) No 479/2008 and (EC) No 73/2009 are made available to the EAFRD and the amounts available for EAGF expenditure (4).

(2) Following the increasing of the total amounts of commitment appropriations by EUR 600 million and by EUR 420 million for the years 2009 and 2010 respectively, decided in the framework of the agreement on the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP), Council Decision 2006/493/EC (5) was amended by Council Decision 2009/434/EC (6). In order to ensure consistency, such amounts should be set out by Member State following the current repartition criteria.

(3) Following the adoption of Decision 2009/379/EC and Decision 2009/434/EC the amounts made available to EAFRD should be adapted and added to the annual breakdowns of Community support for rural development.

(4) Commission Decision 2006/636/EC of 12 September 2006 fixing the annual breakdown by Member State of the amount for Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 (7) should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The amount referred to in Article 69(2a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 is set out per years and by Member State in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 2006/636/EC is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from the 2009 financial year.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2009. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.

(3) OJ L 163, 15.6.2006, p. 10.

(4) OJ L 117, 12.5.2009, p. 10.

(5) OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 22.

(6) OJ L 144, 9.6.2009, p. 25.

(7) OJ L 261, 22.9.2006, p. 32.

ANNEX I Breakdown by Member State of the amounts referred to in Article 69(2a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005: (Current prices in EUR) 2009 2010 Belgium 2 220 000 1 554 000 Bulgaria 19 500 000 13 650 000 Czech Republic 21 000 000 14 700 000 Denmark 1 740 000 1 218 000 Germany 50 340 000 35 238 000 Estonia 5 340 000 3 738 000 Ireland 15 780 000 11 046 000 Greece 24 720 000 17 304 000 Spain 44 880 000 31 416 000 France 35 520 000 24 864 000 Italy 56 520 000 39 564 000 Cyprus 1 200 000 840 000 Latvia 7 800 000 5 460 000 Lithuania 13 020 000 9 114 000 Luxembourg 600 000 420 000 Hungary 28 440 000 19 908 000 Malta 600 000 420 000 Netherlands 2 280 000 1 596 000 Austria 27 180 000 19 026 000 Poland 98 700 000 69 090 000 Portugal 26 940 000 18 858 000 Romania 59 820 000 41 874 000 Slovenia 6 780 000 4 746 000 Slovakia 14 700 000 10 290 000 Finland 14 580 000 10 206 000 Sweden 12 420 000 8 694 000 United Kingdom 7 380 000 5 166 000 Total 600 000 000 420 000 000