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

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), the first subparagraph of Article 123(1), the first subparagraph of Article 131(4) and Article 142(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) For the Member States implementing, in 2013, the single payment scheme provided for under Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 52, 53 and 54 of that Regulation should be established for 2013.

(2) For the Member States making use, in 2013, of the options provided for in Articles 69(1) or 131(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for the specific support referred to in Chapter 5 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 should be established for 2013.

(3) Article 69(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 limits the resources that can be used for any coupled measure provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and in Article 68(1)(b) and (e) to 3,5 % of the national ceiling referred to in Article 40 of the same Regulation. For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish the ceiling resulting from the amounts notified by the Member States for the measures concerned.

(4) Pursuant to Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the amounts calculated in accordance with Article 69(7) of that Regulation have been laid down in Annex III of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009(2). For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish the amounts notified by Member States which they intend to use in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

(5) For the sake of clarity, the 2013 budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme, resulting from deduction of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 52 53, 54 and 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 from the ceilings given in Annex VIII to the same Regulation, should be published. The amount to be deducted from the said Annex VIII in order to finance the specific support provided for in Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 corresponds to the difference between the total amount for the specific support notified by the Member States and the amounts notified to finance the specific support in accordance with article 69(6)(a) of the same Regulation. Where a Member State implementing the single payment scheme decides to grant the support referred to in point (c) of Article 68(1), the amount notified to the Commission is to be included in the single payment scheme ceiling, as this support takes the form of an increase in the unit value and/or the number of the farmer’s payment entitlements.

(6) For Member States implementing, in 2013, the single area payment scheme provided for in Chapter 2 of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the annual financial envelopes should be established in accordance with Article 123(1) of that Regulation.

(7) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2013 under Article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.

(8) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate fruit and vegetables payments in 2013 pursuant to Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.

(9) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate soft fruit payments in 2013 pursuant to Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published

(10) 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

1. The budgetary ceilings for 2013 referred to in Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

2. The budgetary ceilings for 2013 referred to in Article 69(3) and 131(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

3. The budgetary ceilings for 2013 for the support provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and in Article 68(1)(b) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

4. The amounts that can 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 the same Regulation are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

5. The budgetary ceilings for 2013 for the single payment scheme referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex V to this Regulation.

6. The annual financial envelopes for 2013 referred to in Article 123(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.

7. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2013, as referred to in Article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex VII to this Regulation.

8. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for granting the separate fruit and vegetables payment in 2013, as referred to in Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

9. The maximum amounts of funding available to Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland for granting the separate soft fruit payment in 2013, as referred to in Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex IX 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, 23 September 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1)

OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16

(2)

OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 1

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	AT	PT	FI
Sheep and goat premium					21 892	600
Sheep and goat supplementary premium					7 184	200
Suckler cow premium	77 565	261 153	525 622	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
Spain	248 054
France	478 600
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. Slovenia: 5 800 thousand EUR

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
Spain	179 954
France	297 600
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
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	2 233 227
Spain	4 913 824
France	7 607 272
Italy	4 202 935
Luxembourg	37 671
Malta	5 503
Netherlands	890 551
Austria	679 111
Portugal	476 907
Slovenia	141 450
Finland	518 883
Sweden	767 437
United Kingdom	3 958 242

ANNEX VI

Annual financial envelopes for the single area payment scheme

2013 Calendar year

Member State	(thousand EUR)
Bulgaria	553 245
Czech Republic	832 828
Estonia	99 912
Cyprus	53 499
Latvia	138 041
Lithuania	356 545
Hungary	1 140 921
Poland	2 760 813
Romania	1 213 143
Slovakia	354 697

ANNEX VII

Maximum amounts of funding available to member states for granting the separate sugar payments referred to in article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009

2013 Calendar year

Member State	(thousand EUR)
Czech Republic	44 245
Latvia	3 308
Lithuania	10 260
Hungary	41 010
Poland	159 392
Romania	7 072
Slovakia	19 289

ANNEX VIII

Maximum amounts of funding available to Member States for granting the separate fruit and vegetables payments referred to in article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009

2013 Calendar year

Member State	(thousand EUR)
Czech Republic	414
Hungary	4 756
Poland	6 715
Slovakia	690

ANNEX IX

Maximum amounts of funding available to member states for granting the separate soft fruit payments referred to in Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009

2013 Calendar year

Member State	(thousand EUR)
Bulgaria	226
Hungary	391
Poland	11 040