
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 914/2013 of 23 September 2013 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2013 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 

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 1782/2003, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 51(2), the first subparagraph of Article 69(3), the first subparagraph of Article 123(1), the first subparagraph of Article 131(4) and Article 142(c) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) For the Member States implementing, in 2013, the single payment scheme provided for under Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 52, 53 and 54 of that Regulation should be established for 2013.

(2) For the Member States making use, in 2013, of the options provided for in Articles 69(1) or 131(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for the specific support referred to in Chapter 5 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 should be established for 2013.

(3) Article 69(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 limits the resources that can be used for any coupled measure provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and in Article 68(1)(b) and (e) to 3,5 % of the national ceiling referred to in Article 40 of the same Regulation. For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish the ceiling resulting from the amounts notified by the Member States for the measures concerned.

(4) Pursuant to Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the amounts calculated in accordance with Article 69(7) of that Regulation have been laid down in Annex III of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish the amounts notified by Member States which they intend to use in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

(5) For the sake of clarity, the 2013 budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme, resulting from deduction of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 52 53, 54 and 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 from the ceilings given in Annex VIII to the same Regulation, should be published. The amount to be deducted from the said Annex VIII in order to finance the specific support provided for in Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 corresponds to the difference between the total amount for the specific support notified by the Member States and the amounts notified to finance the specific support in accordance with article 69(6)(a) of the same Regulation. Where a Member State implementing the single payment scheme decides to grant the support referred to in point (c) of Article 68(1), the amount notified to the Commission is to be included in the single payment scheme ceiling, as this support takes the form of an increase in the unit value and/or the number of the farmer’s payment entitlements.

(6) For Member States implementing, in 2013, the single area payment scheme provided for in Chapter 2 of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the annual financial envelopes should be established in accordance with Article 123(1) of that Regulation.

(7) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2013 under Article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.

(8) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate fruit and vegetables payments in 2013 pursuant to Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.

(9) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate soft fruit payments in 2013 pursuant to Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published

(10) 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 

1. The budgetary ceilings for 2013 referred to in Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. The budgetary ceilings for 2013 referred to in Article 69(3) and 131(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. The budgetary ceilings for 2013 for the support provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and in Article 68(1)(b) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
4. The amounts that can be used by the Member States in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to cover the specific support provided in Article 68(1) of the same Regulation are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
5. The budgetary ceilings for 2013 for the single payment scheme referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex V to this Regulation.
6. The annual financial envelopes for 2013 referred to in Article 123(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.
7. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2013, as referred to in Article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex VII to this Regulation.
8. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for granting the separate fruit and vegetables payment in 2013, as referred to in Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.
9. The maximum amounts of funding available to Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland for granting the separate soft fruit payment in 2013, as referred to in Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex IX 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.
ANNEX I
Budgetary ceilings for direct payments to be granted in accordance with Articles 52, 53 and 54 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009



2013 calendar year(thousand EUR)
 BE ES FR HR AT PT FI
Sheep and goat premium    1 192  21 892 600
Sheep and goat supplementary premium    117  7 184 200
Suckler cow premium 77 565 261 153 525 622 2 948 70 578 78 695 
Additional suckler cow premium 19 389 26 000   99 9 462 

ANNEX II
Budgetary ceilings for the specific support provided for in Article 68(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009



2013 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 8 600
Bulgaria 28 500
Czech Republic 31 826
Denmark 40 975
Estonia 1 253
Ireland 25 000
Greece 108 000
Spain 248 054
France 478 600
Croatia 4 660
Italy 321 950
Latvia 5 130
Lithuania 13 304
Hungary 131 898
Netherlands 38 900
Austria 13 900
Poland 106 558
Portugal 34 111
Romania 44 257
Slovenia 14 424
Slovakia 13 500
Finland 57 055
Sweden 3 469
United Kingdom 29 800
Amounts notified by the Member States to grant the support referred to in point (c) of Article 68(1) which are included in the single payment scheme ceiling (thousand EUR).Greece: 30 000Slovenia: 5 800

ANNEX III
Budgetary ceilings for the support provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and Article 68(1)(b) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009



2013 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 4 461
Bulgaria 28 500
Czech Republic 31 826
Denmark 17 075
Estonia 1 253
Ireland 25 000
Greece 78 000
Spain 179 954
France 297 600
Croatia 4 660
Italy 152 950
Latvia 5 130
Lithuania 13 304
Hungary 46 164
Netherlands 31 420
Austria 13 900
Poland 106 558
Portugal 21 210
Romania 44 257
Slovenia 8 624
Slovakia 13 500
Finland 57 055
Sweden 3 469
United Kingdom 29 800

ANNEX IV
Amounts to be used by the Member States in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to cover the specific support provided in Article 68(1) of that Regulation



2013 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 8 600
Denmark 23 250
Ireland 23 900
Greece 70 000
Spain 144 390
France 84 000
Italy 144 900
Netherlands 31 700
Austria 11 900
Portugal 21 700
Slovenia 5 800
Finland 6 190

ANNEX V
Budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme



2013 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 517 901
Denmark 1 031 277
Germany 5 852 938
Ireland 1 339 769
Greece 2 225 227
Spain 4 913 824
France 7 607 272
Croatia 86 007
Italy 4 202 935
Luxembourg 37 672
Malta 5 504
Netherlands 890 551
Austria 679 111
Portugal 476 907
Slovenia 141 450
Finland 518 883
Sweden 767 437
United Kingdom 3 958 242

ANNEX VI

Annual financial envelopes for the single area payment scheme2013 Calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Bulgaria 553 245
Czech Republic 832 828
Estonia 99 912
Cyprus 53 499
Latvia 138 041
Lithuania 356 545
Hungary 1 140 921
Poland 2 760 813
Romania 1 213 143
Slovakia 354 697
ANNEX VII

Maximum amounts of funding available to member states for granting the separate sugar payments referred to in article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/20092013 Calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Czech Republic 44 245
Latvia 3 308
Lithuania 10 260
Hungary 41 010
Poland 159 392
Romania 7 072
Slovakia 19 289
ANNEX VIII

Maximum amounts of funding available to Member States for granting the separate fruit and vegetables payments referred to in article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/20092013 Calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Czech Republic 414
Hungary 4 756
Poland 6 715
Slovakia 690
ANNEX IX

Maximum amounts of funding available to member states for granting the separate soft fruit payments referred to in Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/20092013 Calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Bulgaria 226
Hungary 391
Poland 11 040