
Article 1 

1. The amounts of direct payments within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to be granted to a farmer in excess of EUR 2 000 for an aid application submitted in respect of calendar year 2013 shall be reduced by 4,001079 %.
2. The reduction provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply in Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia.
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, 9 October 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO