Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 934/2013 of 27 September 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2013 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Date: 2013-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid to agriculture, budget estimate, financial aid, national planning








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28.9.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 257/4








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 934/2013
of 27 September 2013
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2013 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009


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 the first subparagraph of Article 51(2), the first subparagraph of Article 69(3) and Article 142(c) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 (2) established the budgetary ceilings for 2013 which apply to certain direct support schemes provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.












(2)


Greece has made use of the option provided for in Article 69(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 during the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. A budgetary ceiling for the specific support referred to in Chapter 5 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 has been established for each of those years accordingly.












(3)


In July 2012, Greece has decided to also make use of the option provided for in Article 69(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 for the year 2013. However, due to a misunderstanding concerning the notification of such decision, the amounts to be fixed for the purpose of the budgetary ceiling for 2013 have not been included in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013.












(4)


Given that Greece decided to continue implementing the specific support in calendar year 2013 without any change in the amounts notified by Greece for financing the support measures concerned as they were implemented in the year 2012, the budgetary ceiling should be fixed for that year.












(5)


For the sake of clarity, the ceiling resulting from the amounts allocated by Greece for the measures concerned in 2013 should be published.












(6)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 929/2013 (3) amended the national ceilings for 2013 determined in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards Luxembourg and Malta. Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 should be amended accordingly.












(7)


In accordance with the sixth subparagraph of Article 51(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Croatia notified the Commission of its decision to use a certain percentage of the ceilings fixed in Articles 104(4) and 112(5) of that Regulation for the sheep and goats payments and the beef and veal payments respectively. Therefore, the relevant budgetary ceilings for the sheep and goat premium, the sheep and goat supplementary premium and the suckler cow premium should be established.












(8)


In accordance with Article 69(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Croatia decided before the date of its accession to use the specific support provided for in Article 68(1)(a)(ii) of that Regulation in the dairy sector and communicated its decision to the Commission. The decision is in compliance with the limit set in Article 69(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. The relevant ceiling should be established by the Commission.












(9)


Croatia applies the single payment scheme provided for under Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. For the sake of clarity, the budgetary ceiling for the single payment scheme for Croatia, resulting from the deduction of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 52, 53 and 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 from the ceilings set in Annex VIII to that Regulation, should be published for 2013.












(10)


Annexes I to V to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(11)


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
Annexes I to V to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 27 September 2013.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 of 23 September 2013 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2013 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 252, 24.9.2013, p. 14).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 929/2013 of 26 September 2013 amending Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy (OJ L 255, 27.9.2013, p. 5).




ANNEX
Annexes I to V to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 are replaced by the following:



‘ANNEX I

Budgetary ceilings for direct payments to be granted in accordance with Articles 52, 53 and 54 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009


2013 calendar year













(thousand EUR)




 


BE


ES


FR


HR


AT


PT


FI




Sheep and goat premium


 


 


 


1 192 


 


21 892 


600 




Sheep and goat supplementary premium


 


 


 


117 


 


7 184 


200 




Suckler cow premium


77 565 


261 153 


525 622 


2 948 


70 578 


78 695 


 




Additional suckler cow premium


19 389 


26 000 


 


 


99 


9 462 


 








‘ANNEX II

Budgetary ceilings for the specific support provided for in Article 68(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009


2013 calendar year







Member State



(thousand EUR)





Belgium


8 600 




Bulgaria


28 500 




Czech Republic


31 826 




Denmark


40 975 




Estonia


1 253 




Ireland


25 000 




Greece


108 000 




Spain


248 054 




France


478 600 




Croatia


4 660 




Italy


321 950 




Latvia


5 130 




Lithuania


13 304 




Hungary


131 898 




Netherlands


38 900 




Austria


13 900 




Poland


106 558 




Portugal


34 111 




Romania


44 257 




Slovenia


14 424 




Slovakia


13 500 




Finland


57 055 




Sweden


3 469 




United Kingdom


29 800 




Amounts notified by the Member States to grant the support referred to in point (c) of Article 68(1) which are included in the single payment scheme ceiling (thousand EUR).
Greece: 30 000 
Slovenia: 5 800 








‘ANNEX III

Budgetary ceilings for the support provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and Article 68(1)(b) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009


2013 calendar year







Member State



(thousand EUR)





Belgium


4 461 




Bulgaria


28 500 




Czech Republic


31 826 




Denmark


17 075 




Estonia


1 253 




Ireland


25 000 




Greece


78 000 




Spain


179 954 




France


297 600 




Croatia


4 660 




Italy


152 950 




Latvia


5 130 




Lithuania


13 304 




Hungary


46 164 




Netherlands


31 420 




Austria


13 900 




Poland


106 558 




Portugal


21 210 




Romania


44 257 




Slovenia


8 624 




Slovakia


13 500 




Finland


57 055 




Sweden


3 469 




United Kingdom


29 800 








‘ANNEX IV

Amounts to be used by the Member States in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to cover the specific support provided in Article 68(1) of that Regulation


2013 calendar year







Member State



(thousand EUR)





Belgium


8 600 




Denmark


23 250 




Ireland


23 900 




Greece


70 000 




Spain


144 390 




France


84 000 




Italy


144 900 




Netherlands


31 700 




Austria


11 900 




Portugal


21 700 




Slovenia


5 800 




Finland


6 190 








‘ANNEX V

Budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme


2013 calendar year







Member State



(thousand EUR)





Belgium


517 901 




Denmark


1 031 277 




Germany


5 852 938 




Ireland


1 339 769 




Greece


2 225 227 




Spain


4 913 824 




France


7 607 272 




Croatia


86 007 




Italy


4 202 935 




Luxembourg


37 672 




Malta


5 504 




Netherlands


890 551 




Austria


679 111 




Portugal


476 907 




Slovenia


141 450 




Finland


518 883 




Sweden


767 437 




United Kingdom


3 958 242 





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