1.The 5 % ceiling referred to in Article 80(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 and in Article 79(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 shall not apply in respect of the products referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation when those products are withdrawn during the period referred to in that Article.
2.Non-harvesting measures referred to in Article 85(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 and in Article 84(1)(b) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 may, in respect of products and during the period referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation, be undertaken even where commercial production has been taken from the producing area concerned during the normal production cycle. In such cases, the compensation amounts referred to in Article 86(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 and in Article 85(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 shall be proportionally reduced to the production already harvested, as established on the basis of the accounting and/or tax data of the producer organisations concerned.
3.The Union contribution to the maximum amounts set by Member States in accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 or with Article 79 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 shall not exceed the amounts set out in Part A of Annex I to this Regulation, in case of withdrawals for destinations, other than free distribution. Those amounts shall be doubled in case of free distribution.
4.The ceiling of one-third of expenditure referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 103c(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and the 25 % maximum ceiling for the increase of operational fund referred to in Article 67(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 and in Article 66(3)(c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 shall not apply in respect of expenditure incurred for measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article during the period referred to in Article 1(1).
5.Additional Union support shall be granted in respect of withdrawal, non-harvesting and green harvesting operations carried out in relation to the products and during the period referred to in Article 1(1). Support for green harvesting shall cover only the products which are physically on the fields and which are effectively green harvested.
The additional Union support shall not be included in the operational programmes of the producer organisations and not be taken into account for the purpose of the calculation of the ceilings of 4,1 % and 4,6 % referred to in Article 103d(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
The amounts of additional Union support for withdrawals are set out in Part B of Annex I to this Regulation.
In case of non-harvesting and green harvesting, Member States shall set the amounts of additional Union support per hectare at a level to cover not more than 90 % of the amounts fixed for withdrawals in Part B of Annex I to this Regulation.
The additional Union support shall be granted even if producer organisations do not provide for those operations in the framework of their operational programmes.
6.Expenditure incurred in accordance with this Article shall form part of the operational fund of the producer organisations. Articles 103b(2) and 103d(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall not apply for the additional Union support referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article.