Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 provides for a ceiling for the expenditure to be financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (‘the Union contribution’) in relation to the aid referred to in Article 103a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and sets up a notification system, under which the Member States inform the Commission of the financial implications of provisionally accepted recognition plans.

The second subparagraph of Article 47(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 requires the Commission to set allocation coefficients on the basis of notifications made by the Member State in accordance with Article 38(4) of that Implementing Regulation and to establish the total available Union contribution per Member State per year.

On the basis of the information notified by Member States by 1 July 2012 in accordance with Article 38(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, it appears that, for the years 2012 and 2013, the total amount of the Union contribution claimed has exceeded the maximum amount laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 47(4) of that Implementing Regulation and that, for the years 2014 to 2017, the total amount claimed has not reached that maximum amount. Accordingly, an allocation coefficient lower than 100 % has to be set for the years 2012 and 2013 and an allocation coefficient of 100 % for the years 2014 to 2017.

In order to ensure the efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,