Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1808 of 13 October 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135 as regards the budgetary ceilings for 2021 applicable to certain direct support schemes in Latvia
Date: 2021-10-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, aid per hectare, aid to agriculture, budget appropriation, financial aid, single payment scheme








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14.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 365/38








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1808
of 13 October 2021
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135 as regards the budgetary ceilings for 2021 applicable to certain direct support schemes in Latvia


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Articles 22(1), 36(4), 42(2), 47(3), 49(2), 51(4) and 53(7) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135 (2) established the annual budgetary ceilings for certain direct payment schemes for 2021.












(2)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135 sets a ceiling for the voluntary coupled support in Latvia in accordance with Latvia’s notification pursuant to Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013. Subsequently, Latvia revised the ceiling for the voluntary coupled support. Following this notification, the ceiling for the voluntary coupled support in Latvia for 2021 should be reduced.












(3)


As a consequence, in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the ceiling for the single area payment scheme in Latvia in 2021 should be increased accordingly.












(4)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(5)


As the amendments provided for in this Regulation affect the application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135, which applies from 1 January 2021, this Regulation should apply from the same date.












(6)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Direct Payments,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2021.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2021.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135 of 9 July 2021 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2021 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 245, 12.7.2021, p. 1).




ANNEX
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1135 is amended as follows:






(1)


in point II, the entry for Latvia is replaced by the following:






‘Latvia


170 814 ’














(2)


in point VIII, the entry for Latvia is replaced by the following:






‘Latvia


45 193 ’