COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 564/2012

of 27 June 2012

establishing budgetary ceilings for 2012 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 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 second subparagraph of Article 128(2), and the first subparagraph of Article 131(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) For the Member States implementing, in 2012, 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 2012.

(2) For the Member States making use, in 2012, 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 II of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 should be established for 2012.

(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 2012 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 2012, 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 2012 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 2012 pursuant to Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.

(9) For Member States applying the single area payment scheme, the 2012 budgetary ceilings applicable to transitional payments for fruit and vegetables payments in 2012 in accordance with Article 128(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, should be published on the basis of their notification.

(10) 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 2012 pursuant to Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published

(11) 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 2012 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 2012 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 2012 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 2012 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 2012 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 2012, 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 2012, as referred to in Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

9. The budgetary ceilings for 2012 referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 128(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex IX to this Regulation.

10. The maximum amounts of funding available to Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland for granting the separate soft fruit payment in 2012, as referred to in Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex X 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, 27 June 2012.

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

2012 calendar year

(thousand EUR)
	BE	DK	ES	FR	IT	AT	PT	SI	FI	SE
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
Fruit and vegetables. other than tomatoes Article 54 (2)				33 025	850

ANNEX II

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SPECIFIC SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 68(1) OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009

2012 Calendar year

Member State	(thousands EUR)
Belgium	8 600
Bulgaria	28 500
Czech Republic	31 826
Denmark	36 325
Estonia	1 253
Ireland	25 000
Greece	108 000
Spain	248 065
France	466 600
Italy	321 950
Latvia	5 130
Lithuania	13 304
Hungary	130 898
Netherlands	37 900
Austria	13 900
Poland	106 558
Portugal	34 111
Romania	37 545
Slovenia	13 154
Slovakia	12 000
Finland	52 483
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. Greece: 30 000 thousand EUR Slovenia: 5 400 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

2012 Calendar year

Member State	(thousands EUR)
Belgium	4 461
Bulgaria	28 500
Czech Republic	31 826
Denmark	18 285
Estonia	1 253
Ireland	25 000
Greece	78 000
Spain	184 965
France	297 600
Italy	152 950
Latvia	5 130
Lithuania	13 304
Hungary	46 164
Netherlands	30 100
Austria	13 900
Poland	106 558
Portugal	21 210
Romania	37 545
Slovenia	7 754
Slovakia	12 000
Finland	52 483
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

2012 Calendar year

Member State	(thousands EUR)
Belgium	8 600
Denmark	23 250
Ireland	23 900
Greece	70 000
Spain	144 400
France	84 000
Italy	144 900
Netherlands	31 700
Austria	11 900
Portugal	21 700
Slovenia	5 400
Finland	6 190

ANNEX V

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME

2012 Calendar year

Member State	(thousands EUR)
Belgium	517 901
Denmark	1 035 927
Germany	5 852 938
Ireland	1 339 769
Greece	2 225 227
Spain	4 913 824
France	7 586 247
Italy	4 202 085
Luxembourg	37 671
Malta	5 137
Netherlands	891 551
Austria	679 111
Portugal	476 907
Slovenia	129 221
Finland	523 455
Sweden	767 437
United Kingdom	3 958 242

ANNEX VI

ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME

2012 Calendar year

Member State	(thousands EUR)
Bulgaria	472 216
Czech Republic	755 659
Estonia	90 789
Cyprus	45 787
Latvia	125 540
Lithuania	323 394
Hungary	1 033 364
Poland	2 504 542
Romania	1 043 001
Slovakia	328 485

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

2012 Calendar year

Member State	(thousands EUR)
Czech Republic	44 245
Latvia	3 308
Lithuania	10 260
Hungary	41 010
Poland	159 392
Romania	6 062
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

2012 Calendar year

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

ANNEX IX

BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE TRANSITIONAL PAYMENTS IN THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 128 OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009

2012 Calendar year

(EUR thousand)
Member State	Cyprus
Fruit and vegetables other than tomatoes - Article 128(2)	3 359

ANNEX X

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

2012 Calendar year

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