Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/128 of 3 February 2021 setting the net balance available for EAGF expenditure
Date: 2021-02-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: EAGF, balance sheet, financing level, structural expenditure








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4.2.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 40/8








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/128
of 3 February 2021
         
setting the net balance available for EAGF expenditure


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (1), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the annual ceiling for the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) expenditure for the years 2021 to 2027 is to be constituted by the maximum amounts for the sub-ceiling for market related expenditure and direct payments set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 (2).












(2)


In accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 11(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), several Member States notified the Commission of their decision with regard to the reduction of the amount of direct payments pursuant to Article 11(1) of that Regulation and of the resulting estimated product of reduction for calendar year 2020. In accordance with Article 7(2) of that Regulation, the estimated product of the reduction of payments is to be made available as Union support financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).












(3)


In accordance with the sixth subparagraph of Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, several Member States notified the Commission of their decision to make available as additional support under the EAFRD in financial year 2021 a certain percentage of their annual national ceiling for direct payments for calendar year 2020.












(4)


In accordance with the sixth subparagraph of Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, several Member States notified the Commission of their decision to make available as direct payments for calendar year 2020 a certain amount of the support to be financed under the EAFRD in financial year 2021.












(5)


The relevant national ceilings set out in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 were adapted consequently.












(6)


In accordance with Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093, the sub-ceiling for market related expenditure and direct payments of the multiannual financial framework set out in Annex I to that Regulation is to be adjusted under the technical adjustment provided for in Article 4 of that Regulation following the transfers between the EAFRD and direct payments.












(7)


It is therefore necessary to adjust the net balance available for EAGF expenditure for the budget years 2021 to 2027. For the sake of clarity, the amounts to be made available to the EAFRD should also be published,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The net balance available for European Agricultural Guarantee Fund expenditure for the budget years 2021 to 2027 is set out in the Annex.


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, 3 February 2021.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 11).

(3)  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).




ANNEX

Commission Implementing Regulation setting the net balance available for EAGF expenditure










(EUR million)




Budget year


Amounts made available to EAFRD


Amounts transferred from EAFRD


Net balance available for EAGF expenditure




Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013


Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013


Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013




2021


1 099,539 


58,165 


600,658 


40 367,954 




2022


 


 


 


41 257,000 




2023


 


 


 


41 518,000 




2024


 


 


 


41 649,000 




2025


 


 


 


41 782,000 




2026


 


 


 


41 913,000 




2027


 


 


 


42 047,000