COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... on amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 as regards a cross reference, the description of the budget code structure, and the type and format of information to be provided for monitoring and evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans
Date: 2023-06-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: common agricultural policy, rural development



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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...


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on amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 as regards a cross reference, the description of the budget code structure, and the type and format of information to be provided for monitoring and evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans


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
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, and in particular Article 133 and Article 134(4) thereof,


Whereas:


(1)Article 2, point (d), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475
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  requires Member States to carry out, as a part of the evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans and, where relevant, an assessment of specific interventions or topics of the CAP Strategic Plans. Point 4(b) of Annex II to that Implementing Regulation includes an erroneous reference to Article 2, point (e), of that Implementing Regulation, when it should refer to point (d) of that Article. To ensure clarity and coherence, point 4(b) of Annex II to that Implementing Regulation should be amended accordingly.


(2)The description of the budget code to be reported should be amended to remove the reference to the number of digits laid down in point 2(a)(iv) of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475, because the number of digits previously assigned to the budget code proved to be insufficient to fulfil Member States’ need regarding the number of unit amounts for CAP interventions. To ensure clarity and coherence, point 2(a)(iv) of Annex IV to that Implementing Regulation should be amended accordingly.


(3)Annex II, point 5 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 provides common baseline indicators to analyse the situation at the start of the programming period. The annual report laid down in Annex II of that Implementing Regulation concerns operational programmes under Regulation No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products. This annual report will be discontinued. To continue the collection of data on total area under fruit and vegetables production from producers organised in producer organisations, transnational producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and transnational associations of producer organisations, point (c) should be added regarding ‘Form A.7.in Annex V, point 7,’, to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475.


(4)Similarly, to allow assessing the rate of organisation in the hops sector and in the olive oil and the table olives sector, which will allow a better assessment of the coverage of the common agricultural policy, data on the total area under hops production and under the olive oil and the table olives production from producers organised in producer organisations, transnational producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and transnational associations of producer organisations should be collected. To ensure the collection of this data, point (d) and (e) should be added in Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475.


(5)Corrections of few clerical errors in the provisions on the labels of the variables laid down in Annex IV, V and VI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 are necessary.


(6)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 should therefore be amended accordingly.


(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the opinion of the Common Agricultural Policy Committee,


HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:


Article 1


Amending provisions


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 is amended as follows:


(1)in Annex II, point 4, point (b) is replaced by the following: 




‘(b) where relevant, the evaluations to assess specific topics referred to in Article 2, point (d);’;


(2)in Annex IV, point 2(a), point (iv) is replaced by the following: 


‘(iv) M040: budget code


This field provides the budget code, which includes budget nomenclature, type of intervention, sector and subsector, output indicator, intervention, unit amount, reduction of payment or contribution rate, and calendar year;’;


(3)in Annex V, point 7, regarding ‘Form A.7.’, is amended as follows:


(a)the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:


‘The form concerns the fruit and vegetables sector, the hops sector, the olive oil and table olives sector, and the other sectors, for which Member States shall report annually the following market information for the preceding calendar year:’;


(b)in the second subparagraph, the following point (c), (d) and (e) are added:


‘(c) total area (in hectares) of fruit and vegetables production by POs, TPOs, APOs, TAPOs (excluding mushrooms);’;


‘(d) total area (in hectares) of hops production by POs, TPOs, APOs, TAPOs;’;


‘(e) total area (in hectares) of olive oil and table olives production by POs, TPOs, APOs, TAPOs.’.


Article 2


Correcting provisions


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 is corrected as follows:


(1)Annex IV is corrected as follows:


(a)in point 2(b), point (i), the heading ‘M050: total amount paid (EU funds)’ is replaced by the following:


‘M050: total EU funds amount’;


(b)in point 4(a), the heading ‘B10: unique beneficiary ID’ is replaced by the following:


‘B10: unique beneficiary identifier’;


(2)in Annex V, point 7, in the first subparagraph, the point (b), the variable ‘(b) for livestock sectors: total number of animals and/or volume (in tonnes) produced by POs, APOs, TPOs and TAPOs.’ is replaced by the following:




‘(b) for livestock sectors: total number of animals and/or volume (in tonnes) produced by POs, APOs, TPOs and TAPOs;’;


(3)in Annex VI, point 1, point (i), the heading ‘project status: status of the project: ongoing (after selection) or completed;’ is replaced by the following:


‘project status: ongoing, completed, cancelled;’.


Article 3


Entry into force


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,



   For the Commission


   The President

   Ursula VON DER LEYEN