Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 313/2012

of 12 April 2012

amending Annexes IV and VIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy (repealed)

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 1782/20031, and in particular Article 8(2)(a) and Article 40 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishes for each Member State the maximum value of all payment entitlements that can be allocated during a calendar year. In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 40(1), Annex VIII should be adapted to take into account the notifications of the Member States in accordance with Article 188a(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)2 with regard to wine.
(2)

In accordance with Article 188a(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and the second subparagraph of Article 40(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal and Slovenia notified the Commission of the areas grubbed up and the regional average of the value of the entitlements referred to in point B of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

(3)

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishes for each Member State the ceilings which may not be exceeded by the total amounts of the direct payments, net of modulation, which may be granted in respect of a calendar year in the Member State concerned.

(4)

Following the notifications of the Member States in accordance with Article 188a(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and the second subparagraph of Article 40(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the total maximum amounts of direct payments that may be granted need to be increased. Therefore, in accordance with Article 8(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the ceilings set out in Annex IV to that Regulation should be reviewed.

(5)

Annexes IV and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

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

Annexes IV and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are amended in accordance with the Annex 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, 12 April 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX

Annexes IV and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Annex IV is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX IV

    (million EUR)

    Calendar year

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    Belgium

    583,2

    575,4

    570,8

    569,0

    Czech Republic

    825,9

    Denmark

    987,4

    974,9

    966,5

    964,3

    Germany

    5 524,8

    5 402,6

    5 357,1

    5 329,6

    Estonia

    92,0

    Ireland

    1 283,1

    1 272,4

    1 263,8

    1 255,5

    Greece

    2 561,4

    2 365,4

    2 359,4

    2 344,5

    Spain

    5 043,7

    5 066,4

    5 037,4

    5 055,3

    France

    8 064,4

    7 946,1

    7 880,7

    7 853,0

    Italy

    4 345,9

    4 151,6

    4 128,2

    4 127,8

    Cyprus

    49,1

    Latvia

    133,9

    Lithuania

    346,7

    Luxembourg

    35,6

    35,2

    35,1

    34,7

    Hungary

    1 204,5

    Malta

    5,1

    Netherlands

    836,9

    829,1

    822,5

    830,6

    Austria

    727,6

    721,7

    718,2

    715,7

    Poland

    2 787,1

    Portugal

    590,5

    574,3

    570,5

    566,6

    Slovenia

    131,6

    Slovakia

    357,9

    Finland

    550,0

    544,5

    541,1

    539,2

    Sweden

    733,1

    717,7

    712,3

    708,5

    United Kingdom

    3 373,1

    3 345,4

    3 339,4

    3 336,1’

  2. (2)

    Annex VIII is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX VIII

    National ceilings referred to in Article 40

    Table 1

    (thousand EUR)

    Member State

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    2016 and subsequent years

    Belgium

    614 179

    611 817

    611 817

    614 855

    614 855

    614 855

    614 855

    614 855

    Denmark

    1 030 478

    1 031 321

    1 031 321

    1 049 002

    1 049 002

    1 049 002

    1 049 002

    1 049 002

    Germany

    5 770 254

    5 771 981

    5 771 994

    5 852 938

    5 852 938

    5 852 938

    5 852 938

    5 852 938

    Ireland

    1 342 268

    1 340 521

    1 340 521

    1 340 869

    1 340 869

    1 340 869

    1 340 869

    1 340 869

    Greece

    2 380 713

    2 228 588

    2 231 798

    2 233 227

    2 217 227

    2 217 227

    2 217 227

    2 217 227

    Spain

    4 858 043

    5 119 045

    5 125 032

    5 304 642

    5 161 893

    5 161 893

    5 161 893

    5 161 893

    France

    8 407 555

    8 423 196

    8 425 326

    8 527 494

    8 527 494

    8 527 494

    8 527 494

    8 527 494

    Italy

    4 143 175

    4 210 875

    4 234 364

    4 379 985

    4 379 985

    4 379 985

    4 379 985

    4 379 985

    Luxembourg

    37 518

    37 569

    37 679

    37 671

    37 084

    37 084

    37 084

    37 084

    Netherlands

    853 090

    853 169

    853 169

    897 751

    897 751

    897 751

    897 751

    897 751

    Austria

    745 561

    747 344

    747 425

    751 788

    751 788

    751 788

    751 788

    751 788

    Portugal

    608 751

    589 811

    589 991

    606 551

    606 551

    606 551

    606 551

    606 551

    Finland

    566 801

    565 520

    565 823

    570 548

    570 548

    570 548

    570 548

    570 548

    Sweden

    763 082

    765 229

    765 229

    770 906

    770 906

    770 906

    770 906

    770 906

    United Kingdom

    3 985 895

    3 976 425

    3 976 482

    3 988 042

    3 987 922

    3 987 922

    3 987 922

    3 987 922

    Table 23

    (thousand EUR)

    Member State

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    2016 and subsequent years

    Bulgaria

    287 399

    336 041

    416 372

    499 327

    580 087

    660 848

    741 606

    814 295

    Czech Republic

    559 622

    654 241

    739 941

    832 144

    909 313

    909 313

    909 313

    909 313

    Estonia

    60 500

    71 603

    81 703

    92 042

    101 165

    101 165

    101 165

    101 165

    Cyprus

    31 670

    38 928

    43 749

    49 146

    53 499

    53 499

    53 499

    53 499

    Latvia

    90 016

    105 368

    119 268

    133 978

    146 479

    146 479

    146 479

    146 479

    Lithuania

    230 560

    271 029

    307 729

    346 958

    380 109

    380 109

    380 109

    380 109

    Hungary

    807 366

    947 114

    1 073 824

    1 205 037

    1 318 975

    1 318 975

    1 318 975

    1 318 975

    Malta

    3 752

    4 231

    4 726

    5 137

    5 102

    5 102

    5 102

    5 102

    Poland

    1 877 107

    2 192 294

    2 477 294

    2 788 247

    3 044 518

    3 044 518

    3 044 518

    3 044 518

    Romania

    623 399

    729 863

    907 473

    1 086 608

    1 264 472

    1 442 335

    1 620 201

    1 780 406

    Slovenia

    87 942

    103 394

    117 423

    131 575

    144 274

    144 274

    144 274

    144 274

    Slovakia

    240 014

    280 364

    316 964

    355 242

    388 176

    388 176

    388 176

    388 176’

    3

    Ceilings calculated taking into account of the schedule of increments provided for in Article 121.