Address https://gelex.eu/eli/EU/regulation/2021/1017@2021-04-15/en

Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
   3. Article 3
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX I
5. ANNEX II

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, and in particular Article 58(7) thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payment 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, and in particular Articles 6(3) and 7(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Member States are to reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer for a given calendar year, pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title III of that Regulation, by at least 5 % for the part of the amount exceeding EUR 150000. In accordance with Article 7(2) of that Regulation, the estimated product of that reduction is to be made available as additional support for measures under rural development.

(2) In accordance with Article 11(6), fourth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the Member States notified the Commission by 19 February 2021 of their decision with regard to the reduction of the amount of direct payments and the resulting estimated product of reduction for calendar year 2021. The notifications of Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Finland indicated an estimate bigger than zero.

(3) In accordance with Article 14(1), seventh subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, France, Latvia and the Netherlands notified the Commission of their decision to make available as additional support financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in financial year 2022 a certain percentage of their annual national ceilings for calendar year 2021.

(4) In accordance with Article 14(2), seventh subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Croatia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Slovakia notified the Commission of their decision to make available as direct payments for calendar year 2021 a certain amount of their 2022 EAFRD allocation.

(5) It is therefore necessary to adapt Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 so that the annual national ceilings and the annual net ceilings for direct payments reflect the decisions taken by Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Finland. It is also necessary to adapt Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 so that the annual breakdown by Member State of the Union support for rural development equally reflects those decisions.

(6) Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) As the amendments made by this Regulation to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 affect the application of that Regulation for the year 2021, in particular as regards the timely establishment of budgetary ceilings applicable to certain direct support schemes, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and those amendments should apply from 1 January 2021,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 April 2021. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

ANNEX

ANNEX I

In Part Two of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, the column for 2022 is replaced by the following: 2022 Belgium 82800894 Bulgaria 284028644 Czechia 267027708 Denmark 136972060 Germany 1387301738 Estonia 88031648 Ireland 311641628 Greece 651537600 Spain 1081564825 France 2008001070 Croatia 276679401 Italy 1355921375 Cyprus 23770514 Latvia 142745173 Lithuania 195495162 Luxembourg 11626644 Hungary 384539149 Malta 19334497 Netherlands 129378369 Austria 520024752 Poland 1004725539 Portugal 455640620 Romania 967049892 Slovenia 110170192 Slovakia 234975909 Finland 354551956 Sweden 211889741 Total EU-27 12697426700 Technical assistance 30272220 Total 12727698920

ANNEX II

Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 are amended as follows:

(1) in Annex II, the column for calendar year 2021 is replaced by the following: Calendar year 2021 Belgium 494926 Bulgaria 788626 Czechia 848107 Denmark 802001 Germany 4620753 Estonia 190715 Ireland 1186282 Greece 1797077 Spain 4800590 France 6736440 Croatia 364968 Italy 3628529 Cyprus 47648 Latvia 314055 Lithuania 569965 Luxembourg 33432 Hungary 1305715 Malta 5244 Netherlands 661382 Austria 677582 Poland 3360049 Portugal 680873 Romania 1891805 Slovenia 131530 Slovakia 417082 Finland 515713 Sweden 685676

(2) in Annex III, the column for calendar year 2021 is replaced by the following: Calendar year 2021 Belgium 494,9 Bulgaria 789,3 Czechia 847,1 Denmark 801,3 Germany 4620,8 Estonia 190,7 Ireland 1186,3 Greece 1981,1 Spain 4859,1 France 6736,4 Croatia 365,0 Italy 3622,5 Cyprus 47,6 Latvia 313,8 Lithuania 570,0 Luxembourg 33,4 Hungary 1275,5 Malta 5,2 Netherlands 661,3 Austria 677,6 Poland 3345,3 Portugal 681,0 Romania 1891,8 Slovenia 131,5 Slovakia 415,3 Finland 515,7 Sweden 685,7

Versions

1. 2021-04-15

Cited by

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1219 of 26 July 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/128 setting the net balance available for EAGF expenditure Regulation · Grade B

  The relevant national ceilings set out in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 were adapted consequently through Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1017.