Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 994/2014

of 13 May 2014

amending Annexes VIII and VIIIc to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II, III and VI to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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 Articles 136a(3) and 140a thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/20052, and in particular Article 58(7) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payment to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/20093, and in particular Articles 6(3), 7(3) and 20(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
In accordance with Article 103n of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/20074, Spain, Luxembourg, Malta and the United Kingdom have notified by 1 August 2013 their intention to definitively transfer part or all of the amount available for the support programmes for the wine sector referred to in Annex Xb to that Regulation in order to increase their national ceilings for direct payments for the claim year 2014 and onwards. Accordingly, Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 has been amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 929/20135. Those definitive transfers also need to be reflected in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.
(2)

In accordance with Article 136a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, France, Latvia and the United Kingdom notified the Commission by 31 December 2013 of their decision to transfer a certain percentage of their annual national ceilings for calendar years 2014 to 2019 to rural development programming financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) as specified under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. In accordance with Article 136a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Croatia, Malta, Poland and Slovakia notified the Commission by 31 December 2013 of their decision to transfer to direct payments a certain percentage of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period of 2015 to 2020 as specified in Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Annexes VIII and VIIIc to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3)

In accordance with Article 57a(9) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Croatia has notified the Commission by 31 January 2014 of the area of land which has been demined and returned to use for agricultural activities in 2013. That notification also included the corresponding budgetary envelope for the claim year 2014 and onwards. In addition, in accordance with that Article, Croatia has notified the area of land which has been demined and declared by farmers in the aid applications submitted in respect of the claim year 2013 and returned to use for agricultural activities between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2012. Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 has been therefore amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 929/2013. On the basis of the schedule of increments referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Annexes II, III and VI to that Regulation should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)

The amount for financial year 2014 resulting from voluntary adjustment of direct payments in calendar year 2013 in the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 10b of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the amounts resulting from the application of Articles 136 and 136b of that Regulation for financial years 2014 and 2015, as well as the amounts resulting from the application of Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 should be added to the annual breakdown of Union support to rural development. Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5)

Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 only applies as of 1 January 2015. The amendments to that Regulation should therefore only apply from the same date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes VIII and VIIIc to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Annexes II, III and VI to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 are amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3 shall apply from 1 January 2015.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX I

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

  1. (1)

    Annex VIII is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      In table 1, the column for the year 2014 is replaced by the following:

      Member State

      ‘2014

      Belgium

      544 047

      Denmark

      926 075

      Germany

      5 178 178

      Greece

      2 047 187

      Spain

      4 833 647

      France

      7 358 751

      Ireland

      1 216 547

      Italy

      3 953 394

      Luxembourg

      33 662

      Netherlands

      793 319

      Austria

      693 716

      Portugal

      557 667

      Finland

      523 247

      Sweden

      696 487

      United Kingdom

      3 166 774’

    2. (b)

      In table 2, the column for the year 2014 is replaced by the following:

      Member State

      ‘2014

      Bulgaria

      642 103

      Czech Republic

      875 305

      Estonia

      110 018

      Croatia

      164 005

      Cyprus

      51 344

      Latvia

      156 279

      Lithuania

      393 226

      Hungary

      1 272 786

      Malta

      5 240

      Poland

      3 361 883

      Romania

      1 428 531

      Slovenia

      138 980

      Slovakia

      435 115’

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

    3. (c)

      In table 3, the column for the year 2014 is replaced by the following:

      Member State

      ‘2014

      Croatia

      164 005’

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

  2. (2)

    Annex VIIIc is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX VIIIcNational ceilings referred to in Articles 72a(6) and 125a(5)

    (thousands EUR)

    Belgium

    505 266

    Bulgaria

    796 292

    Czech Republic

    872 809

    Denmark

    880 384

    Germany

    5 018 395

    Estonia

    169 366

    Ireland

    1 211 066

    Greece

    1 931 177

    Spain

    4 893 433

    France

    7 189 541

    Croatia

    316 245

    Italy

    3 704 337

    Cyprus

    48 643

    Latvia

    280 154

    Lithuania

    517 028

    Luxembourg

    33 432

    Hungary

    1 269 158

    Malta

    5 244

    Netherlands

    732 370

    Austria

    691 738

    Poland

    3 450 512

    Portugal

    599 355

    Romania

    1 903 195

    Slovenia

    134 278

    Slovakia

    451 659

    Finland

    524 631

    Sweden

    699 768

    United Kingdom

    3 205 243’

ANNEX II

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX IBREAKDOWN OF UNION SUPPORT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (2014 TO 2020)

(current prices in EUR)

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

TOTAL 2014-2020

Belgium

78 342 401

78 499 837

78 660 375

78 824 076

78 991 202

79 158 713

79 314 155

551 790 759

Bulgaria

335 499 038

335 057 822

334 607 538

334 147 994

333 680 052

333 187 306

332 604 216

2 338 783 966

Czech Republic

314 349 445

312 969 048

311 560 782

310 124 078

308 659 490

307 149 050

305 522 103

2 170 333 996

Denmark

90 287 658

90 168 920

90 047 742

89 924 072

89 798 142

89 665 537

89 508 619

629 400 690

Germany

1 221 378 847

1 219 851 936

1 175 693 642

1 174 103 302

1 172 483 899

1 170 778 658

1 168 760 766

8 303 051 050

Estonia

103 626 144

103 651 030

103 676 345

103 702 093

103 728 583

103 751 180

103 751 183

725 886 558

Ireland

313 148 955

313 059 463

312 967 965

312 874 411

312 779 690

312 669 355

312 485 314

2 189 985 153

Greece

605 051 830

604 533 693

604 004 906

603 465 245

602 915 722

602 337 071

601 652 326

4 223 960 793

Spain

1 187 488 617

1 186 425 595

1 185 344 141

1 184 244 005

1 183 112 678

1 182 137 718

1 182 076 067

8 290 828 821

France

1 404 875 907

1 635 877 165

1 663 306 545

1 665 777 592

1 668 304 328

1 671 324 729

1 675 377 983

11 384 844 249

Croatia

332 167 500

282 342 500

282 342 500

282 342 500

282 342 500

282 342 500

282 342 500

2 026 222 500

Italy

1 480 213 402

1 483 373 476

1 486 595 990

1 489 882 162

1 493 236 530

1 496 609 799

1 499 799 408

10 429 710 767

Cyprus

18 895 839

18 893 552

18 891 207

18 888 801

18 886 389

18 883 108

18 875 481

132 214 377

Latvia

138 327 376

150 968 424

153 001 059

155 030 289

157 056 528

159 093 589

161 099 517

1 074 576 782

Lithuania

230 392 975

230 412 316

230 431 887

230 451 686

230 472 391

230 483 599

230 443 386

1 613 088 240

Luxembourg

14 226 474

14 272 231

14 318 896

14 366 484

14 415 051

14 464 074

14 511 390

100 574 600

Hungary

495 668 727

495 016 871

494 351 618

493 672 684

492 981 342

492 253 356

491 391 895

3 455 336 493

Malta

13 880 143

13 965 035

13 938 619

13 914 927

13 893 023

13 876 504

13 858 647

97 326 898

Netherlands

87 118 078

87 003 509

86 886 585

86 767 256

86 645 747

86 517 797

86 366 388

607 305 360

Austria

557 806 503

559 329 914

560 883 465

562 467 745

564 084 777

565 713 368

567 266 225

3 937 551 997

Poland

1 569 517 638

1 175 590 560

1 174 010 059

1 172 398 238

1 170 756 130

1 169 026 987

1 166 981 202

8 598 280 814

Portugal

577 031 070

577 895 019

578 775 888

579 674 001

580 591 241

581 504 133

582 317 022

4 057 788 374

Romania

1 149 848 554

1 148 336 385

1 146 793 135

1 145 218 149

1 143 614 381

1 141 925 604

1 139 927 194

8 015 663 402

Slovenia

118 678 072

119 006 876

119 342 187

119 684 133

120 033 142

120 384 760

120 720 633

837 849 803

Slovakia

271 154 575

213 101 979

212 815 053

212 522 644

212 225 447

211 912 203

211 540 943

1 545 272 844

Finland

335 440 884

336 933 734

338 456 263

340 009 057

341 593 485

343 198 337

344 776 578

2 380 408 338

Sweden

257 858 535

258 014 757

249 173 940

249 336 135

249 502 108

249 660 989

249 768 786

1 763 315 250

United Kingdom

667 773 873

752 322 030

752 139 156

751 939 938

751 702 511

751 876 113

752 375 870

5 180 129 491

Total EU-28

13 970 049 060

13 796 873 677

13 773 017 488

13 775 753 697

13 778 486 509

13 781 886 137

13 785 415 797

96 661 482 365

Technical assistance

34 130 699

34 131 977

34 133 279

34 134 608

34 135 964

34 137 346

34 138 756

238 942 629

Total

14 004 179 759

13 831 005 654

13 807 150 767

13 809 888 305

13 812 622 473

13 816 023 483

13 819 554 553

96 900 424 994’

ANNEX III

Annexes II, III and VI to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 are amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Annexes II and III are replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX IINational ceilings referred to in Article 6

    (in thousands EUR)

    Calendar year

    2015

    2016

    2017

    2018

    2019

    2020

    Belgium

    536 076

    528 124

    520 170

    512 718

    505 266

    505 266

    Bulgaria

    721 251

    792 449

    793 226

    794 759

    796 292

    796 292

    Czech Republic

    874 484

    873 671

    872 830

    872 819

    872 809

    872 809

    Denmark

    916 580

    907 108

    897 625

    889 004

    880 384

    880 384

    Germany

    5 144 264

    5 110 446

    5 076 522

    5 047 458

    5 018 395

    5 018 395

    Estonia

    121 870

    133 701

    145 504

    157 435

    169 366

    169 366

    Ireland

    1 215 003

    1 213 470

    1 211 899

    1 211 482

    1 211 066

    1 211 066

    Greece

    2 023 122

    1 999 116

    1 975 083

    1 953 129

    1 931 177

    1 931 177

    Spain

    4 842 658

    4 851 682

    4 866 665

    4 880 049

    4 893 433

    4 893 433

    France

    7 302 140

    7 270 670

    7 239 017

    7 214 279

    7 189 541

    7 437 200

    Croatia8

    183 035

    202 065

    240 125

    278 185

    316 245

    304 479

    Italy

    3 902 039

    3 850 805

    3 799 540

    3 751 937

    3 704 337

    3 704 337

    Cyprus

    50 784

    50 225

    49 666

    49 155

    48 643

    48 643

    Latvia

    181 044

    205 764

    230 431

    255 292

    280 154

    302 754

    Lithuania

    417 890

    442 510

    467 070

    492 049

    517 028

    517 028

    Luxembourg

    33 604

    33 546

    33 487

    33 460

    33 432

    33 432

    Hungary

    1 271 593

    1 270 410

    1 269 187

    1 269 172

    1 269 158

    1 269 158

    Malta

    5 241

    5 241

    5 242

    5 243

    5 244

    4 690

    Netherlands

    780 815

    768 340

    755 862

    744 116

    732 370

    732 370

    Austria

    693 065

    692 421

    691 754

    691 746

    691 738

    691 738

    Poland

    3 378 604

    3 395 300

    3 411 854

    3 431 236

    3 450 512

    3 061 518

    Portugal

    565 816

    573 954

    582 057

    590 706

    599 355

    599 355

    Romania

    1 629 889

    1 813 795

    1 842 446

    1 872 821

    1 903 195

    1 903 195

    Slovenia

    137 987

    136 997

    136 003

    135 141

    134 278

    134 278

    Slovakia

    438 299

    441 478

    444 636

    448 155

    451 659

    394 385

    Finland

    523 333

    523 422

    523 493

    524 062

    524 631

    524 631

    Sweden

    696 890

    697 295

    697 678

    698 723

    699 768

    699 768

    United Kingdom

    3 173 324

    3 179 880

    3 186 319

    3 195 781

    3 205 243

    3 591 683

    8

    For Croatia, the national ceiling for calendar year 2021 shall be EUR 342 539 000 and for 2022 shall be EUR 380 599 000.

    ANNEX IIINet ceilings referred to in Article 7

    (in million EUR)

    Calendar year

    2015

    2016

    2017

    2018

    2019

    2020

    Belgium

    536,1

    528,1

    520,2

    512,7

    505,3

    505,3

    Bulgaria

    723,6

    795,1

    795,8

    797,4

    798,9

    798,9

    Czech Republic

    874,5

    873,7

    872,8

    872,8

    872,8

    872,8

    Denmark

    916,6

    907,1

    897,6

    889,0

    880,4

    880,4

    Germany

    5 144,3

    5 110,4

    5 076,5

    5 047,5

    5 018,4

    5 018,4

    Estonia

    121,9

    133,7

    145,5

    157,4

    169,4

    169,4

    Ireland

    1 215,0

    1 213,5

    1 211,9

    1 211,5

    1 211,1

    1 211,1

    Greece

    2 211,0

    2 187,0

    2 162,9

    2 141,0

    2 119,0

    2 119,0

    Spain

    4 903,6

    4 912,6

    4 927,6

    4 941,0

    4 954,4

    4 954,4

    France

    7 302,1

    7 270,7

    7 239,0

    7 214,3

    7 189,5

    7 437,2

    Croatia9

    183,0

    202,1

    240,1

    278,2

    316,2

    304,5

    Italy

    3 902,0

    3 850,8

    3 799,5

    3 751,9

    3 704,3

    3 704,3

    Cyprus

    50,8

    50,2

    49,7

    49,2

    48,6

    48,6

    Latvia

    181,0

    205,8

    230,4

    255,3

    280,2

    302,8

    Lithuania

    417,9

    442,5

    467,1

    492,0

    517,0

    517,0

    Luxembourg

    33,6

    33,5

    33,5

    33,5

    33,4

    33,4

    Hungary

    1 271,6

    1 270,4

    1 269,2

    1 269,2

    1 269,2

    1 269,2

    Malta

    5,2

    5,2

    5,2

    5,2

    5,2

    4,7

    Netherlands

    780,8

    768,3

    755,9

    744,1

    732,4

    732,4

    Austria

    693,1

    692,4

    691,8

    691,7

    691,7

    691,7

    Poland

    3 378,6

    3 395,3

    3 411,9

    3 431,2

    3 450,5

    3 061,5

    Portugal

    566,0

    574,1

    582,2

    590,9

    599,5

    599,5

    Romania

    1 629,9

    1 813,8

    1 842,4

    1 872,8

    1 903,2

    1 903,2

    Slovenia

    138,0

    137,0

    136,0

    135,1

    134,3

    134,3

    Slovakia

    438,3

    441,5

    444,6

    448,2

    451,7

    394,4

    Finland

    523,3

    523,4

    523,5

    524,1

    524,6

    524,6

    Sweden

    696,9

    697,3

    697,7

    698,7

    699,8

    699,8

    United Kingdom

    3 173,3

    3 179,9

    3 186,3

    3 195,8

    3 205,2

    3 591,7’

    9

    For Croatia, the net ceiling for calendar year 2021 shall be EUR 342 539 000 and for 2022 shall be EUR 380 599 000.

  2. (2)

    Annex VI is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX VIFinancial provisions applying to Croatia referred to in Articles 10 and 19

    A.Amount for applying Article 10(1)(a):

    EUR 380 599 000

    B.Total amounts of complementary national direct payments referred to in Article 19(3):

    (in thousands EUR)

    2015

    2016

    2017

    2018

    2019

    2020

    2021

    247 390

    228 360

    190 300

    152 240

    114 180

    76 120

    38 060’